多少

Character by character

• 多duō6 strokesHSK 1much, many; more than, over
• 少shǎo4 strokesHSK 1few, less, inadequate

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Example sentences

• 多少人？

  Duō shao rén

  How many people?

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• 多少个了？

  Duō shao gè le

  This is how many?

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• 这个多少？

  Zhè ge duō shao

  How much is it?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 多少. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 多duōHSK 1

  many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]); (bound form) multi-; poly-

• 少shǎoHSK 1

  few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom

• 至少zhì shǎoHSK 3

  at least; (to say the) least

• 许多xǔ duōHSK 2

  many; a lot of; much

• 不少bù shǎoHSK 2

  many; a lot; not few

• 好多hǎo duōHSK 2

  many; quite a lot; much better

• 多么duō meHSK 2

  how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent

• 差不多chà bu duōHSK 2

  almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad

• 大多数dà duō shùHSK 2

  (great) majority

• 多久duō jiǔHSK 2

  (of time) how long?; (not) a long time

• 减少jiǎn shǎoHSK 4

  to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower

• 少年shào niánHSK 2

  early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man

• 少女shào nǚHSK 7

  girl; young lady

• 青少年qīng shào niánHSK 2

  adolescent; youth; teenager

• 多年duō niánHSK 4

  many years; for many years; longstanding

• 缺少quē shǎoHSK 3

  lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack

• 多数duō shùHSK 2

  majority; most

• 多次duō cìHSK 4

  many times; repeatedly

• 众多zhòng duōHSK 5

  numerous

• 多云duō yúnHSK 2

  cloudy (meteorology)

• 少数shǎo shùHSK 2

  small number; few; minority

• 大多dà duōHSK 4

  for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly

• 多年来duō nián láiHSK 7

  for the past many years

• 多余duō yúHSK 7

  superfluous; unnecessary; surplus