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Revision as of 07:25, 26 October 2016

If you want to up the intensity of your comparisons, you might want to express "much more." You can do this using 多 (duō), but did you know there are actually three different ways to do it?

Structure

As well as expressing that two things differ, you might want to go further and say that they differ a lot by adding 得多 / 多了/ 很多 (dé duō/duō le/hěn duō). This is like saying that one thing is much more Adj. than another in English.

Subj. + 比 + Noun + Adj. + 得多 / 多了 / 很多

Examples

  • 我 高 得多 wǒ gāo dé duō.He is a lot taller than I am.
  • 猫 笨 多了Gǒu māo bèn duō le.Dogs are much more stupid than cats.
  • 我 胖 得多 wǒ pàng dé duō.You're a lot fatter than I am.
  • 他 酷 多了 tā kù duō le.I am much cooler than he is.
  • 我 年 轻 得多 wǒ niánqīng dé duō.She is much younger than me.
  • 你 的 房 间 我 的 大 多了Nǐ de fángjiān wǒ de dà duō le! Wow! Your room is much bigger than mine!

See also

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