Intensifying with "duo"

One of the ways to make an exclamation and intensify something is to use 多(duō). It's really exciting!

Structure

As well as asking about degree, you can also use 多 (duō) to intensify adjectives.

Subject + 多 + Adjective

Examples

• 外面 多 舒服！It's so nice outside!
• 多 好！That's great!
• 这 种 啤酒 多 好喝！This kind of beer tastes great!
• 你 看 这 个 地方，多 美！Look at this place, it is so beautiful!
• 学 中文 多 有 意思！Studying Chinese is so interesting!
• 你 穿 这么 少，多 冷 啊！You are wearing so few clothes, you must be so cold!
• 他们 每天 工作 十 二 个 小时，多 累！They work twelve hours every day, they must be so tired!
• 这样 做 多 麻烦！This is so inconvenient!
• 这 个 游戏 多 好玩！你 不 玩 吗？This game is so much fun! Aren't you having fun?
• 这 个 房子 离 地铁 站 很 近，多 方便！This apartment is very close to the metro, it's so convenient!
• 女生 跟 男生 住 在 一起？多 不 方便！Does the girl live together with the boy? That is not suitable!
• 汉字 多 难！我 不 学。Chinese characters are so difficult! I don't study them.

See also

• Adjectives with "name" and "zheme"
• Positive adjectives with "-ji le"
• Asking about degree with "duo"

Sources and further reading

• Boya Chinese Elementary Starter 1 (博雅汉语初经起步篇) (pp. 211) →buy
• 发展汉语 中级汉语口语上 (pp. 72)