Expressing "much more" in comparisons

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Level

B1 / HSK2 and HSK3
Level

B1
Level

HSK2, HSK3
Similar to
- Basic comparisons with "bi" (A2)
- Expressing "a little too" with "you dian" (A2)
- Expressing "compared with" using "gen" (B1)
- Expressing "rather" with "bijiao" (B1)
- Basic comparisons with "bu bi" (B2)
- Expressing "a bit too" (B2)
Similar to
- Basic comparisons with "bi" (HSK2)
- Expressing "a little too" with "you dian" (HSK2)
- Expressing "compared with" using "gen" (HSK3)
- Expressing "rather" with "bijiao" (HSK3)
- Basic comparisons with "bu bi" (HSK5)
- Expressing "a bit too" (HSK5)
Used for

Comparing, Adding more explanation, Expressing quality
Keywords

多, 比, 得多, 多了

Contents

1 Structure
2 Examples
3 See also
4 Sources and further reading
- 4.1 Books
- 4.2 Websites

Structure

As well as expressing that two things differ, you might want to go further and say that they differ a lot.

Subject + 比 + Noun + Adjective + 得多 / 多了

This is like saying that one thing is much more adjective than another in English.

Examples

他比我高得多。
狗比猫笨多了。
你比我胖得多。
我比他酷多了。

See also

Sources and further reading

Books

New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4) (pp. 20) →buy

Websites

East Asia Student: Graded comparisons in Mandarin Chinese

B1 grammar points

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