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- <p><em>How big? How busy? How cold?</em> Ask questions like these
- regarding the degree of an adjective with 多 (duō). This is just one
- of the many uses of this word.</p>
- <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
- <p>多 (duō) is often used to ask about the degree or extent of
- something.</p>
- <div class="jiegou">
- <p>Subj. + 多 + Adj. ?</p>
- </div>
- <p>This is an easy way to ask "How [adjective] is [subject]?"</p>
- <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
- <div class="liju">
- <ul>
- <li>她 <em>多</em> 高？<span class="pinyin">Tā <em>duō</em>
- gāo?</span><span class="trans">How tall is she?</span></li>
- <li>你家 <em>多</em> 大？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ jiā <em>duō</em>
- dà?</span><span class="trans">How large is your house?</span></li>
- <li>你 的 孩子 <em>多</em> 大？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ de háizi
- <em>duō</em> dà?</span><span class="trans">How old is your
- child?</span></li>
- <li>黄河 <em>多</em> 长？<span class="pinyin">Huánghé <em>duō</em>
- cháng?</span><span class="trans">How long is the Yellow
- River?</span></li>
- <li>你 家 离 这儿 <em>多</em> 远？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ jiā lí zhèr
- <em>duō</em> yuǎn?</span><span class="trans">How far is your house
- away from here?</span></li>
- <li>你 要 在 美国 待 <em>多</em> 久？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ yào zài Měiguó
- dāi <em>duō</em> jiǔ?</span> <span class="trans">How long are you
- going to stay in the USA?</span></li>
- <li>这些 东西 <em>多</em> 重？<span class="pinyin">Zhèxiē dōngxi
- <em>duō</em> zhòng?</span><span class="trans">How heavy are these
- things?</span></li>
- <li>你 知道 我们 现在 <em>多</em> 胖 吗？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ zhīdào wǒmen
- xiànzài <em>duō</em> pàng ma?</span><span class="trans">Do you know
- how fat we are now?</span></li>
- <li>你 知道 这里 的 冬天 <em>多</em> 冷 吗？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ zhīdào
- zhèlǐ de dōngtiān <em>duō</em> lěng ma?</span> <span class=
- "trans">Do you know how cold it is here in winter?</span></li>
- <li>你 知道 上海 的 房子 <em>多</em> 贵 吗？<span class="pinyin">Nǐ zhīdào
- Shànghǎi de fángzi <em>duō</em> guì ma?</span><span class=
- "trans">Do you know how expensive housing is in
- Shanghai?</span></li>
- </ul>
- </div>
- <p>大 (dà) and 小 (xiǎo) can also be used to describe ages. The
- question phrase 多大 (duō dà) is often used to ask "how old."
- However, it is an informal way to ask, usually reserved for peers,
- close friends, or children. The phrase 几岁 (jǐ suì) is most often
- used for children young enough to display their ages on one hand.
- Adults do not normally directly ask each other's ages in a formal
- setting.</p>
- <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="Doing_something_more_with_"duo"" title=
- "wikilink">Doing something more with "duo"</a></li>
- <li><a href="Intensifying_with_"duo"" title=
- "wikilink">Intensifying with "duo"</a></li>
- </ul>
- <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further
- reading</h2>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="Chinese:_An_Essential_Grammar,_Second_Edition" title=
- "wikilink">Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition</a> (pp.
- 135-7) <a href=
- "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415372615/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0415372615">
- →buy</a></li>
- <li><a href="Integrated_Chinese:_Level_1,_Part_1_(3rd_ed)" title=
- "wikilink">Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 1 (3rd ed)</a> (pp.
- 233) <a href=
- "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276385/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276385">
- →buy</a></li>
- <li><a href="Modern_Mandarin_Chinese_Grammar:_A_Practical_Guide"
- title="wikilink">Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical
- Guide</a> (pp. 207-210, 301) <a href=
- "http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415700108?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0415700108">
- →buy</a></li>
- </ul>
- <p><a href="Category:A2_grammar_points" title=
- "wikilink">Category:A2 grammar points</a></p>
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