ChineseGrammarWiki/Programmes/B1.old/Grammar-wiki-B1-101.txt

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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.

== Structure ==

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Number + 多 + Measure word + (Noun)

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== Examples ==

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*他 妈妈 已经 五十 <em>多</em> 岁 了。<span class="pinyin">Tā māma yǐjīng wǔshí <em>duō</em> suì le.</span><span class="trans">His mother is already more than fifty years old.</span>
*这个 包 花 了 我 三 万 <em>多</em> 块钱 。<span class="pinyin">Zhège bāo huā le wǒ sān qiān <em>duō</em> kuài qián.</span><span class="trans">This bag cost me more than thirty thousand kuai.</span>
*这 本 书 有 一 千 <em>多</em> 页 。<span class="pinyin">Zhè běn shū yǒu yī qiān <em>duō</em> yè.</span><span class="trans">This book has more than ten thousand pages.</span>
*中国 有 五 千 <em>多</em> 年 的 历史 。 <span class="pinyin">Zhōngguó yǒu wǔ qiān <em>duō</em> nián de lìshǐ.</span><span class="trans">China has more than five thousand years of history.</span>

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In the above examples, 年 does not take a measure word. 

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:

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<ul>
<li class="o">五岁<em>多</em>
<li class="x">五十岁<em>多</em></li>
<li class="o">五十<em>多</em> 岁</li>
<li class="x">九十块钱<em>多</em></li>
<li class="o">九十<em>多</em> 块 钱</li>
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==See  also==
*[[Intensifying with "duo"]]
*[[Doing something more with "duo"]]
*[[Asking about degree with "duo"]]
*[[Measure Words for Verbs]]
*[[Using "ji" to mean "several"]]

=== Books ===
* [[New Practical Chinese Reader 3 (新实用汉语课本3) ]] (pp. 81) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/756191251X/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=756191251X →buy]
* [[Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed)]] (pp. 205-7) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0887276709/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0887276709 →buy]
*[[40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course (基础汉语40课上册）]] (p. 86)[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FTL8D8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001FTL8D8&linkCode=as2&tag=allset-20 →buy] 

[[Category:B1 grammar points]]
{{Similar|Measure Words for Verbs}}
{{Similar|Asking about degree with "duo"}}
{{Similar|Doing something more with "duo"}}
{{Similar|Intensifying with "duo"}}
{{Similar|Using "ji" to mean "several"}}
{{Similar|Counting money}}
{{Similar|Approximating with sequential numbers}}
{{Basic Grammar|多|B1|Number + 多|三 十 <em>多</em> 岁|grammar point|ASG004ZK}}
{{Structure|Noun Phrases}}
{{Used for| Expressing quantity}}
{{Translation|more}}