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Revision as of 07:38, 20 September 2012
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多 (duō) is often used to ask about the extent of something.
Subject + 多 + Adjective
This is an easy way to ask "How [adjective] is [subject]?"
Examples
- 她 多 高？
- 你 多 忙？
- 他 多 重？
- 外面 多 冷？
“你多大？”也可以用这个结构理解。在中国，年龄经常用“大”和“小”形容，所以“你多大”的意思一般说来是“How old are you?”的意思。
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (pp. 135-7) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed) (pp. 233) →buy
