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A number in excess of a certain amount is expressed by adding "多" (duō)
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Number + 多 + \[Measure word\] (+ Noun)
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- 我 妈妈 已经 五十 *多* 岁 了。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ māma yǐjīng
wǔshí *duō* suì le.</span><span class="trans">My mother is over
fifty.</span>
- 我们 走 了 两 个 *多* 小时 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen zǒu le liǎng
gè *duō* xiǎoshí.</span><span class="trans">We have been walking for
more than two hours.</span>
- 这个 班 有 两 百 *多* 个 学生 。<span class="pinyin">Zhège bān yǒu
liǎng bǎi *duō* gè xuéshēng.</span><span class="trans">There are
more than two hundred students in this class.</span>
- 这个 包 三 万 *多* 块钱 。<span class="pinyin">Zhège bāo sān wàn
*duō* kuài qián.</span><span class="trans">This bag costs more than
thirty thousand kuai.</span>
- 这 本 书 有 一 千 *多* 页 。<span class="pinyin">Zhè běn shū yǒu yī
qiān *duō* yè.</span><span class="trans">This book has more than a
thousand pages.</span>
- 他 在 国外 住 了 二十 *多* 年 了 。<span class="pinyin">Tā zài
guówài zhù le èrshí *duō* nián le.</span><span class="trans">He has
been living abroad for more than twenty years.</span>
- 他 在 那儿 住 了 二十 *多* 天 了 。<span class="pinyin">Tā zài nàr
zhù le èrshí *duō* tiān le.</span><span class="trans">He's been
staying there for over 20 days.</span>
- 我 昨天 收到 了 三十 *多* 条 垃圾 短信 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ
zuótiān shōudào le sānshí *duō* tiáo lājī
duǎnxìn.</span><span class="trans">I received more than thirty spam
text messages yesterday.</span>
- 这个 城市 有 两 千 *多* 年 的 历史 。<span class="pinyin">Zhège
chéngshì yǒu liǎng qiān *duō* nián de
lìshǐ.</span><span class="trans">This city has a history of more
than two thousand years.</span>
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In the above examples, 岁, 年 and 天 do not take a measure word.
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
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- 五岁*多*
- 五十岁*多*
- 五十*多* 岁
- 九十块钱*多*
- 九十*多* 块 钱
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