<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.2.0" /> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>A number in excess of a certain amount is expressed by adding "多" (duō) to the end of a number. This is usually translated as "more than..." in English.</p> <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2> <div class="jiegou"> <p>Number + 多 + Measure word + (Noun)</p> </div> <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>他 妈妈 已经 五十 <em>多</em> 岁 了。<span class="pinyin">Tā māma yǐjīng wǔshí <em>duō</em> suì le.</span><span class="trans">His mother is already more than fifty years old.</span></li> <li>这个 包 花 了 我 三 万 <em>多</em> 块钱 。<span class="pinyin">Zhège bāo huā le wǒ sān qiān <em>duō</em> kuài qián.</span><span class= "trans">This bag cost me more than thirty thousand kuai.</span></li> <li>这 本 书 有 一 千 <em>多</em> 页 。<span class="pinyin">Zhè běn shū yǒu yī qiān <em>duō</em> yè.</span><span class="trans">This book has more than ten thousand pages.</span></li> <li>中国 有 五 千 <em>多</em> 年 的 历史 。 <span class="pinyin">Zhōngguó yǒu wǔ qiān <em>duō</em> nián de lìshǐ.</span><span class="trans">China has more than five thousand years of history.</span></li> </ul> </div> <p>In the above examples, 年 does not take a measure word.</p> <p>When the number is smaller than eleven, the 多 can be put after the measure word. However, if the number is bigger than eleven, the 多 has to be put before the measure word:</p> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>五岁<em>多</em></li> <li>五十岁<em>多</em></li> <li>五十<em>多</em> 岁</li> <li>九十块钱<em>多</em></li> <li>九十<em>多</em> 块 钱</li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li><a href="Intensifying_with_"duo"" title= "wikilink">Intensifying with "duo"</a></li> <li><a href="Doing_something_more_with_"duo"" title= "wikilink">Doing something more with "duo"</a></li> <li><a href="Asking_about_degree_with_"duo"" title= "wikilink">Asking about degree with "duo"</a></li> <li><a href="Measure_Words_for_Verbs" title="wikilink">Measure Words for Verbs</a></li> <li><a href="Using_"ji"_to_mean_"several"" title="wikilink">Using "ji" to mean "several"</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="books">Books</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "New_Practical_Chinese_Reader_3_(%E6%96%B0%E5%AE%9E%E7%94%A8%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E8%AF%BE%E6%9C%AC3)" title="wikilink">New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (新实用汉语课本3)</a> (pp. 81) <a href= "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/756191251X/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=756191251X"> →buy</a></li> <li><a href="Integrated_Chinese:_Level_1,_Part_2_(3rd_ed)" title= "wikilink">Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed)</a> (pp. 205-7) <a href= "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276709/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276709"> →buy</a></li> <li><a href= "40_Lessons_for_Basic_Chinese_Course_(%E5%9F%BA%E7%A1%80%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD40%E8%AF%BE%E4%B8%8A%E5%86%8C%EF%BC%89" title="wikilink">40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course (基础汉语40课上册）</a> (p. 86)<a href= "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FTL8D8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001FTL8D8&linkCode=as2&tag=allset-20">→buy</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="Category:B1_grammar_points" title= "wikilink">Category:B1 grammar points</a></p> </body> </html>