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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?
 
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?

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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?

Pattern with 多

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 de duō.He is a lot taller than I am.
  • 他 聪明 多了 tā cōngming duō le.I am much smarter than he is.
  • 上海 我 老家 贵 多了It's much more expensive in Shanghai than in my hometown.
  • 这 个 老师 那个 老师 严格 得多You're a lot fatter than I am.
  • 你 妈妈 我 妈妈 年轻 很多Nǐ māma wǒ māma niánqīng hěn duō.Your mother is much younger than my mother.
  • 坐 高铁 坐 飞机 方便 很多Zuò gāotiě zuò fēijī fāngbiàn hěn duō.It's much more convenient to take the high-speed train than the airplane.

Pattern with 还

When used in a comparison, 还 expresses an even higher degree of the adjective.

Structure

A + 比 + B + 还 + Adj.

Examples

  • 今天 比 昨天 热 。Jīntiān bǐ zuótiān hái rè.Today is even hotter than yesterday.
  • 他 比 姚明 高 。Tā bǐ YáoMíng hái gāo.He is even taller than Yao Ming.
  • 你 比 我 懒 。Nǐ bǐ wǒ hái lǎn.You're even lazier than me.

See also

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