多謝

See also: 多谢

Chinese

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		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	to decline; to thank; gratitude
trad. (多謝)		多	謝
simp. (多谢)		多	谢

Interjection

1. thank you; thank you very much

   多謝救命之恩。／多谢救命之恩。  ―  Duōxiè jiùmìngzhī'ēn.  ―  Thank you for saving my life.

Usage notes

• (Cantonese) Used to thank someone for a gift, including for patronage or applause. Indicates gratitude for a bigger favour compared to the usage of 唔該／唔该 (m4 goi1).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 謝謝 (“thank you”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		有勞, 感謝, 感恩
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		謝謝, 多謝
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	謝謝, 謝謝你
	Malaysia	謝謝
	Singapore	謝謝
Central Plains Mandarin	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	多謝, рахмат
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	謝謝, 感謝
Cantonese	Guangzhou	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Hong Kong	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Taishan	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Yangjiang	無該, 多謝
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Penang (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Singapore (Guangfu)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
Gan	Nanchang	多謝
Hakka	Meixian	多謝, 恁仔細 §
	Xingning	多謝
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)	恁仔細
	Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)	承蒙, 恁仔細
	Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)	承蒙
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	承蒙你, 恁仔細, 感謝, 多謝
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	承蒙你, 恁仔細, 感謝, 多謝
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	多謝
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	感謝, 多謝, 承蒙
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	勞瀝, 恁勞瀝, 承蒙, 承蒙你, 阿里加多
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	承蒙, 承蒙你, 恁仔細, 勞力, 阿里加多
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	感謝
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	勞力, 阿里加多
	Hong Kong	多謝
	Singapore (Dabu)	多謝
Jin	Taiyuan	謝謝
Northern Min	Jian'ou	多謝
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	謝謝, 起動
	Fuqing	多謝
	Matsu	謝謝, 多謝
	Singapore (Fuqing)	謝謝, 起動
Southern Min	Xiamen	感謝, 多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Quanzhou	道謝, 感謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhangzhou	多謝, 費神, 勞力
	Zhao'an	多謝, 感謝
	Taipei	多謝, 勞力
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	勞力, 多謝, 阿里加多
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	勞力
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	勞力
	Kaohsiung	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	勞力, 謝謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Yilan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Yilan (Luodong)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Yilan (Toucheng)	勞力, 多謝
	Changhua (Lukang)	多謝, 勞力
	Taichung	勞力, 多謝
	Tainan	多謝, 勞力, 感恩
	Tainan (Anping)	勞力, 多謝, 感恩
	Hsinchu	勞力, 多謝
	Kinmen	勞力, 多謝
	Penghu (Magong)	勞力, 多謝
	Penghu (Xiyu)	勞力, 多謝
	Penang (Hokkien)	感謝
	Singapore (Hokkien)	感謝, 費神, 多謝
	Manila (Hokkien)	多謝, 感謝
	Medan (Hokkien)	感謝
	Chaozhou	㩼謝
	Shantou	㩼謝
	Jieyang	㩼謝
	Haifeng	感謝
	Bangkok (Teochew)	㩼謝
	Singapore (Teochew)	㩼謝, 感謝
	Leizhou	無該
	Wenchang	無該, 謝謝
	Haikou	無該, 謝謝
	Singapore (Hainanese)	無該
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	唔該 †, 多謝 §
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	唔該, 多謝
Wu	Shanghai	謝謝, 謝謝儂, 多謝
	Ningbo	謝謝儂, 交關感謝
	Wenzhou	謝謝你
Xiang	Changsha	多謝
Note	† - when someone does you a favour; § - when someone gives you a gift

Verb

多謝

1. to thank

Further reading

• “Entry #2425”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.