Difference between revisions of "Expressing "much more" in comparisons"
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| − | *他 <em>比</em> 我 高 <em>得多</em>。<span class="pinyin">Tā <em>bǐ</em> wǒ gāo <em> | + | *他 <em>比</em> 我 高 <em>得多</em>。<span class="pinyin">Tā <em>bǐ</em> wǒ gāo <em>de duō</em>.</span><span class="trans">He is a lot taller than I am.</span> |
| − | * | + | *我 <em>比</em> 他 聪明 <em>多了</em>。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ <em>bǐ</em> tā cōngming <em>duō le</em>.</span><span class="trans">I am much smarter than he is.</span> |
| − | * | + | *上海 <em>比</em> 我 老家 贵 <em>多了</em>。<span class="trans">It's much more expensive in Shanghai than in my hometown.</span> |
| − | * | + | *这 个 老师 <em>比</em> 那个 老师 严格 <em>得多</em>。<span class="trans">You're a lot fatter than I am.</span> |
*你 妈妈 <em>比</em> 我 妈妈 年轻 <em>很多</em>。<span class="pinyin">Nǐ māma <em>bǐ</em> wǒ māma niánqīng <em>hěn duō</em>.</span><span class="trans">Your mother is much younger than my mother.</span> | *你 妈妈 <em>比</em> 我 妈妈 年轻 <em>很多</em>。<span class="pinyin">Nǐ māma <em>bǐ</em> wǒ māma niánqīng <em>hěn duō</em>.</span><span class="trans">Your mother is much younger than my mother.</span> | ||
| + | *坐 高铁 <em>比</em> 坐 飞机 方便 <em>很多</em>。<span class="pinyin">Zuò gāotiě <em>bǐ</em> zuò fēijī fāngbiàn <em>hěn duō</em>.</span><span class="trans">It's much more convenient to take the high-speed train than the airplane.</span> | ||
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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
- 他 比 我 高 得多。He is a lot taller than I am.
- 我 比 他 聪明 多了。I am much smarter than he is.
- 上海 比 我 老家 贵 多了。It's much more expensive in Shanghai than in my hometown.
- 这 个 老师 比 那个 老师 严格 得多。You're a lot fatter than I am.
- 你 妈妈 比 我 妈妈 年轻 很多。Your mother is much younger than my mother.
- 坐 高铁 比 坐 飞机 方便 很多。It's much more convenient to take the high-speed train than the airplane.
See also
- Expressing "a bit too"
- Basic comparisons with "bi"
- The "zui" superlative
- Basic comparisons with "bu bi"
Sources and further reading
Books
- New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4) (pp. 20) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed) (pp. 6- 8) →buy
Websites
- East Asia Student: Graded comparisons in Mandarin Chinese
