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<h1>Indicating a number in excess</h1>

<p>A number in excess of a certain amount is expressed by adding "多" (duō) to the end of a number. This is usually translated as "more than..." in English.
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<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 See also </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4 Sources and further reading </span></li>
<ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4.1 Books</span></li>
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<h3>Structure</h3>

<div class="deux">Number + 多 + [Measure word] (+ Noun)</div>

<h3>Examples</h3>

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

<p>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 to be put before the measure word:</p>


五岁多
五十岁多
五十多 岁
九十块钱多
九十多 块 钱
<h3>See also</h3>

<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Intensifying with "duo" </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Doing something more with "duo" </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Asking about degree with "duo" </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Using "ji" to mean "several"</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 3 (新实用汉语课本3) (pp. 81) →buy </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed) (pp. 205-7) →buy </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course (基础汉语40课上册） (pp. 86) →buy</span><br/></li>
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