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  <p>A number in excess of a certain amount is expressed by adding "<span class="hanzi">多</span>" (<span class="pinyin">duō</span>) to the end of a number. This is usually translated as "<b>more than...</b>" in English.</p>

  <h2>Contents</h2>

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    <li>Structure<br/></li>

    <li>Examples<br/></li>

    <li>See also<br/></li>

    <li>Sources and further reading<br/></li>

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      <li>Books<br/></li>
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  <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>

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    <div class="deux">
      Number + <span class="hanzist">多</span> + Measure word + (Noun)
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  <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>

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    <ul>
      <li><span class="hanzi">他 妈妈 已经 五十 多 岁 了。</span> <span class="pinyin">Tā māma yǐjīng wǔshí duō suì le.</span><br/><span> His mother is already more than fifty years old.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这个 包 花 了 我 三 万 多 块钱 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Zhège bāo huā le wǒ sān qiān duō kuài qián.</span><br/><span> This bag cost me more than thirty thousand kuai.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">这 本 书 有 一 千 多 页 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Zhè běn shū yǒu yī qiān duō yè.</span><br/><span> This book has more than ten thousand pages.</span></li>

      <li>中国 有 五 千 多 年 的 历史 。 <span class="pinyin"> Zhōngguó yǒu wǔ qiān duō nián de lìshǐ.</span><br/><span> China has more than five thousand years of history.</span></li>
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  <p>In the above examples, <span class="hanzi">年</span> does not take a measure word.</p>

  <p>When the number is smaller than eleven, the <span class="hanzi">多</span> can be put after the measure word. However, if the number is bigger than eleven, the <span class="hanzi">多</span> has to be put before the measure word:</p>

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    <ul>
      <li><span class="hanzi">五岁多</span><br/></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">五十岁多</span><br/></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">五十多 岁</span><br/></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">九十块钱多</span><br/></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">九十多 块 钱</span><br/></li>
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  <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

  <ul>
    <li><a href="Intensifying_with_&quot;duo&quot;" title="wikilink">Intensifying with "duo"</a></li>

    <li><a href="Doing_something_more_with_&quot;duo&quot;" title="wikilink">Doing something more with "duo"</a></li>

    <li><a href="Asking_about_degree_with_&quot;duo&quot;" 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_&quot;ji&quot;_to_mean_&quot;several&quot;" title="wikilink">Using "ji" to mean "several"</a></li>
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  <h3 id="books">Books</h3>

  <ul>
    <li>New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (<span class="hanzi">新实用汉语课本3</span>) (pp. 81)</li>

    <li>Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed) (pp. 205-7) &gt;</li>

    <li>40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course (<span class="hanzi">基础汉语40课上册</span>） (p. 86)</li>
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