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* 坐 地铁 <em>多</em> 方便！<span class="pinyin">Zuò dìtiě <em>duō</em> fāngbiàn!</span><span class="trans">How convenient it is to take the metro!</span> | * 坐 地铁 <em>多</em> 方便！<span class="pinyin">Zuò dìtiě <em>duō</em> fāngbiàn!</span><span class="trans">How convenient it is to take the metro!</span> | ||
* 你 看 这 个 小狗， <em>多</em> 可爱！<span class="pinyin">Nǐ kàn zhège xiǎogǒu, <em>duō</em> kě'ài!</span><span class="trans">Look at this puppy! It is so cute!</span> | * 你 看 这 个 小狗， <em>多</em> 可爱！<span class="pinyin">Nǐ kàn zhège xiǎogǒu, <em>duō</em> kě'ài!</span><span class="trans">Look at this puppy! It is so cute!</span> | ||
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* 这样 做 <em>多</em> 麻烦！<span class="pinyin">Zhèyàng zuò <em>duō</em> máfan! </span><span class="trans">Doing it this way is so troublesome! </span> | * 这样 做 <em>多</em> 麻烦！<span class="pinyin">Zhèyàng zuò <em>duō</em> máfan! </span><span class="trans">Doing it this way is so troublesome! </span> | ||
* 这些 菜<em>多</em> 好吃 啊！<span class="pinyin">Zhèxiē cài <em>duō</em> hǎochī a! </span><span class="trans">These foods are so delicious!</span> | * 这些 菜<em>多</em> 好吃 啊！<span class="pinyin">Zhèxiē cài <em>duō</em> hǎochī a! </span><span class="trans">These foods are so delicious!</span> | ||
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One way to intensify a sentence is to make it an exclamation. To do this, you can use 多 (duō).
Structure
As well as asking about degree, you can also use 多 (duō) to intensify adjectives.
Subj. + 多 + Adj.
Examples
- 一个人 多 好！ It's so nice being alone!
- 你 女儿 多 聪明 啊！ Your daughter is so smart!
- 今天 天气 多 舒服 ！Today's weather is so nice!
- 你 看 这 个 地方 ，多 美 啊！Look at this place, it is so beautiful!
- 学 中文 多 有意思 啊！Studying Chinese is so interesting!
- 坐 地铁 多 方便！How convenient it is to take the metro!
- 你 看 这 个 小狗， 多 可爱！Look at this puppy! It is so cute!
- 这样 做 多 麻烦！Doing it this way is so troublesome!
- 这些 菜多 好吃 啊！These foods are so delicious!
- 你 男朋友 多 帅 啊！Your boyfriend is so handsome!
多 (duō) can be compared to 很 (hěn) in this case. If you use 很 (hěn) instead of 多 (duō), the meaning is basically the same. However 很 (hěn) is also used to make simple "noun + adjective" sentences, which might not be exclamatory at all, whereas 多 (duō) is used only for excited exclamations.
See also
Sources and further reading
- Boya Chinese Elementary Starter 1 (博雅汉语初经起步篇) (p. 211) →buy
- 发展汉语 中级汉语口语上 (p. 72)
- Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (pp. 199) →buy
