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#: {{zh-usex|兩 個 年 多|more than three year|link=yes}}
#: {{zh-usex|兩 個 年 多|more than three year|link=yes}}
# {{non-gloss definition|(used in comparison structure 得多 / 多了)}} much more, a lot more, far more
# {{non-gloss definition|(used in comparison structure 得多 / 多了)}} much more, a lot more, far more
#: {{zh-usex|他 比 我 高 得多。|He is a lot taller than I am.|link=yes|inline=y}}
#: {{zh-usex|他 比 我 高 得{de} 多。|He is a lot taller than I am.|link=yes|inline=y}}
#: {{zh-usex|病人 今天 好 多了。|The patient is much better today.}}
#: {{zh-usex|病人 今天 好 多 了。|The patient is much better today.|link=yes}}


====Usage note====
====Usage note====
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# {{non-gloss definition|(before or after a verb)}} [[more]]
# {{non-gloss definition|(before or after a verb)}} [[more]]
#: {{zh-usex|我 应该 多 运动。|I should exercise more.|link=yes}}
#: {{zh-usex|我 應該 多 運動。|I should exercise more.|link=yes}}
# {{non-gloss definition|(used in question)}} [[how]], [[how much]], [[what]]
# {{non-gloss definition|(used in question)}} [[how]], [[how much]], [[what]]
#: {{zh-usex|你 到 学校 要 走 多 远 的 距离？|What distance do you have to walk to school ?|link=yes}}
#: {{zh-usex|你 到 學校 要 走 多 遠 的 距離？|What distance do you have to walk to school ?|link=yes}}
#: {{zh-usex|你 多 高?|How tall are you?|link=yes}}
#: {{zh-usex|你 多 高？|How tall are you?|link=yes}}
# {{non-gloss definition|(emphasis in exclamations)}} [[so]], [[how]], [[what]]
# {{non-gloss definition|(emphasis in exclamations)}} [[so]], [[how]], [[what]]
#: {{zh-usex|看 她 多 漂亮 啊！|Look how pretty she is!|link=yes}}
#: {{zh-usex|看 她 多 漂亮 啊！|Look how pretty she is!|link=yes}}
#: {{zh-usex|她 戴 的 帽子 多 可爱 呀!|What an adorable hat she is wearing! / The hat she is wearing is so adorable}}
#: {{zh-usex|她 戴 的 帽子 多 可愛 呀！|What an adorable hat she is wearing! / The hat she is wearing is so adorable|link=yes}}


====Usage note====
====Usage note====
* {{sense|more}} Placing 多 after the verb is correct but it is less natural than placing it before.
* {{sense|more}} Placing 多 after the verb is correct but it is less natural than placing it before.
* {{sense|so, how}} pronounced [[duó]] (duo2) in Taiwan.
* {{sense|so, how}} pronounced "duó" in Taiwan.


===Verb===
===Verb===
{{zh-verb}}
{{zh-verb}}


# to [[have a lot]]
# to [[have]] [[a lot]]
# to [[have]] more, to [[have]] too much, to [[have]] too many
# to [[have]] more, to [[have]] too much, to [[have]] too many
#: {{zh-usex|他 買 了 四 張 票，多 了 一 張。|He bought four tickets, which was one too many.|link=yes}}
#: {{zh-usex|他 買 了 四 張 票，多 了 一 張。|He bought four tickets, which was one too many.|link=yes}}

Revision as of 00:01, 3 June 2014

See also: 夛

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Historical forms of the character 多
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (多) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
多 *ʔl'aːl
哆 *ʔl'aːlʔ, *ʔl'aːls, *ʔr'aːls, *hr'aːl, *l̥ʰjaːlʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *l̥ʰjɯs
跢 *ʔl'aːls, *ʔl'aːds
痑 *ʔl'aːls, *l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːn
爹 *daːʔ, *tjaː
陊 *l'aːlʔ, *l'alʔ
橠 *naːlʔ
袲 *naːlʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *lal
奓 *ʔr'aːl, *ʔr'aːls
栘 *ɦljeːl, *lal
黟 *ʔleːl, *ʔlil
趍 *sʰlo, *l'al
誃 *l'al, *l̥ʰjalʔ
簃 *l'al, *lal
眵 *ʔljjal, *l̥ʰjal
恀 *ʔljalʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljalʔ
侈 *l̥ʰjalʔ
姼 *l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljal, *ɦljalʔ
鉹 *l̥ʰjalʔ, *lal
垑 *l̥ʰjalʔ
袳 *l̥ʰjalʔ
卶 *l̥ʰjals, *hljals
宜 *ŋral
誼 *ŋrals
竩 *ŋrals
移 *lal
迻 *lal
扅 *lal
拸 *lal, *lalʔ
熪 *lal
謻 *lal
蛥 *ɢljad

Pictogram (象形) – two pieces of meat (⺼); the ⺼ components have been simplified to 夕.

The conventional explanation is that this represented the concept of "many" through visual repetition. However, the earliest oracle bones use 多 for both "many" and another word meaning "to separate," thus suggesting that 多 depicts a piece of meat cut in two. The word "to separate" was later written as 誃.

Han character

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Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 246, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5756
  • Dae Jaweon: page 489, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 862, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+591A

Chinese

Template:zh-hanzi-box

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 多
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 得何切
Baxter ta
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/tɑ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/tɑ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/tɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ta/
Li
Rong 		/tɑ/
Wang
Li 		/tɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/tɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		duō
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		do1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 多
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		duō
Middle
Chinese 		‹ ta ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[t.l]ˁaj/
English many

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 多
Reading # 1/1
No. 2637
Phonetic
component 		多
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		多
Old
Chinese 		/*ʔl'aːl/
Notes 甲金文從二肉非二夕

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 多

  1. (deprecated template usage) (Beginning Mandarin) many, much, a lot of, numerous
    街上有很多人。  ―  Jiēshàng yǒu hěn duō rén.  ―  There is a lot of people in the street
  2. (after an amount) over, and more, more than
    兩個年多／两个年多  ―  liǎng ge nián duō  ―  more than three year
  3. (used in comparison structure 得多 / 多了) much more, a lot more, far more
    他比我高得多。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Tā bǐ wǒ gāo de duō. [Pinyin]
    He is a lot taller than I am.
    病人今天好多了。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Bìngrén jīntiān hǎo duō le. [Pinyin]
    The patient is much better today.

Usage note

  • (over , more than): When the number is smaller or equal to 10, 多 can be put after the measure word.If it is bigger than ten, 多 has to be put before the measure word:

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 多

  1. (before or after a verb) more
    我應該多運動。／我应该多运动。  ―  Wǒ yìnggāi duō yùndòng.  ―  I should exercise more.
  2. (used in question) how, how much, what
    你到學校要走多遠的距離？ [MSC, trad.]
    你到学校要走多远的距离？ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ dào xuéxiào yào zǒu duō yuǎn de jùlí? [Pinyin]
    What distance do you have to walk to school ?
    你多高？  ―  Nǐ duō gāo?  ―  How tall are you?
  3. (emphasis in exclamations) so, how, what
    看她多漂亮啊！  ―  Kàn tā duō piàoliàng a!  ―  Look how pretty she is!
    她戴的帽子多可愛呀！ [MSC, trad.]
    她戴的帽子多可爱呀！ [MSC, simp.]
    Tā dài de màozǐ duō kě'ài ya! [Pinyin]
    What an adorable hat she is wearing! / The hat she is wearing is so adorable

Usage note

  • (more): Placing 多 after the verb is correct but it is less natural than placing it before.
  • (so, how): pronounced "duó" in Taiwan.

Verb

多

  1. to have a lot
  2. to have more, to have too much, to have too many
    他買了四張票，多了一張。 [MSC, trad.]
    他买了四张票，多了一张。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā mǎi le sì zhāng piào, duō le yī zhāng. [Pinyin]
    He bought four tickets, which was one too many.

Compounds

Template:mid2

Reference

Japanese

Kanji

多

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. many, much

Readings

Compounds

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja

多 • (da) (hangeul 다, revised da, McCune–Reischauer ta)

  1. (deprecated template usage) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 多 (đa, nhật)

  1. (deprecated template usage) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
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