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<h1>Expressing "much more" in comparisons
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<p>If you want to up the intensity of your comparisons, you might want to express "much more." You can do this using 多 (duō), but did you know there are actually three different ways to do it?</p>

<h2>Contents</h2>

  
<div class="contents"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1 Structure </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2 Examples </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">3 Short Form with 多了 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4 See also </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">5 Sources and further reading </span></li>
<ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">5.1 Books </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">5.2 Websites</span></li>
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<h3>Structure</h3>

<p>As well as expressing that two things differ, you might want to go further and say that they differ a lot by adding 很多 (hěn duō), 多了(duō le), or 得多 (de duō). This is like saying that one thing is much more Adj. than another in English.</p>

<div class="deux">Noun 1 + 比 + Noun 2 + Adj. + 很多 / 得多 / 多了</div>

<h3>Examples</h3>

<div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">拼音 比 汉字 容易 很多 。
Pīnyīn bǐ Hànzì róngyì hěn duō.
Pinyin is much easier than Chinese characters. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">坐 高铁 比 坐 飞机 方便 很多 。
Zuò gāotiě bǐ zuò fēijī fāngbiàn hěn duō.
It's much more convenient to take the high-speed train than the airplane. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">这 个 女老师 比 那个 男老师 严格 得 多 。
Zhège nǚ lǎoshī bǐ nàge nán lǎoshī yángé de duō.
This female teacher is much more strict than that male teacher. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我 老婆 的 工资 比 我 高 得多 。
Wǒ lǎopo de gōngzī bǐ wǒ gāo de duō.
My wife's salary is much higher than mine. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你 比 我 有经验 多了 。
Nǐ bǐ wǒ yǒu jīngyàn duō le.
You're much more experienced than me. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你们 比 我们 幸运 多了 。
Nǐmen bǐ wǒmen xìngyùn duō le.
You're much luckier than us. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">他 打 篮球 比 我 厉害 多 了 。
Tā dǎ lánqiú bǐ wǒ lìhai duō le.
He plays basketball much better than I do.</span><br/></li>
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<h2>Short Form with 多了</h2>

<p>Given sufficient context, it's possible to use 多了 without the full comparison pattern. 多了 is the only one of the three "much more" phrases introduced in this article which can be used this way.</p>

<div class="deux">Subj. + Adj. + 多了</div>

<h3>A few examples:</h3>

<div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我 的 感冒 好 多了 。We both know I've had this bad cold.
Wǒ de gǎnmào hǎo duō le.
My cold is getting much better. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">最近 天气 暖和 多了 。We're both aware of recent weather, obviously.
Zuìjìn tiānqì nuǎnhuo duō le.
It's been much warmer lately. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">上 大学 以后 ，她 成熟 多了 。We both know how immature she used to be.
Shàng dàxué yǐhòu, tā chéngshú duō le.
She became much more mature after she went to college.</span><br/></li>
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<h3>See also</h3>
<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Expressing "a bit too" </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Basic comparisons with "bi" </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">The "zui" superlative </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Basic comparisons with "bu bi"</span><br/></li>
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<h3>Sources and further reading</h3>

<h4>Books</h4>

<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4) (pp. 20) →buy </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed) (pp. 6- 8) →buy</span><br/></li>
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<h4>Websites</h4>

<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">East Asia Student: Graded comparisons in Mandarin Chinese</span><br/></li>
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