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A number in excess of a certain amount is expressed by adding &quot;多&quot; (duō) to the end of a number. This is usually translated as &quot;more than...&quot; in English.

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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.

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* 五十岁''多''
* 五十''多'' 岁
* 九十块钱''多''
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