Intensifying with "duo"
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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
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)
