Chinese words starting with “duo”
28 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable duo. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 5 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial d · final uo · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 18
- 2nd tone 4
- 3rd tone 4
- 4th tone 2
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 多少duō shǎoHSK 1
number; amount; somewhat
- 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
- 多久duō jiǔHSK 2
(of time) how long?; (not) a long time
- 多数duō shùHSK 2
majority; most
- 多云duō yúnHSK 2
cloudy (meteorology)
All 28 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 多 | duō | a,m,ad,d,v,g | many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]); (bound form) multi-; poly- | |
| 2 | 躲 | duǒ | v | to hide; to dodge; to avoid | |
| 3 | 夺 | duó | v | to seize; to take away forcibly; to wrest control of; to compete or strive for; to force one's way through; to leave out; to lose | |
| 4 | 多年 | duō nián | mq | many years; for many years; longstanding | |
| 5 | 多次 | duō cì | mq,ad,d | many times; repeatedly | |
| 6 | 朵 | duǒ | q,g | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc | |
| 7 | 多年来 | duō nián lái | for the past many years | ||
| 8 | 多余 | duō yú | a | superfluous; unnecessary; surplus | |
| 9 | 多种 | duō zhǒng | m | many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi- | |
| 10 | 躲避 | duǒ bì | v | to hide; to evade; to dodge; to take shelter; to avoid (difficulties) | |
| 11 | 堕落 | duò luò | v,vn | to degrade; to degenerate; to become depraved; corrupt; a fall from grace | |
| 12 | 夺取 | duó qǔ | v | to seize; to capture; to wrest control of | |
| 13 | 夺冠 | duó guàn | v,vn | to seize the crown; fig. to win a championship; to win gold medal | |
| 14 | 多半 | duō bàn | d,m | most; mostly; most likely | |
| 15 | 多亏 | duō kuī | v | thanks to; luckily | |
| 16 | 多媒体 | duō méi tǐ | n | multimedia | |
| 17 | 多元化 | duō yuán huà | vn,v | diversification; pluralism; to diversify | |
| 18 | 躲藏 | duǒ cáng | v | to conceal oneself; to go into hiding; to take cover | |
| 19 | 多样 | duō yàng | m,a | diverse; diversity; manifold | |
| 20 | 多方面 | duō fāng miàn | n | many-sided; in many aspects | |
| 21 | 哆嗦 | duō suo | v | to tremble; to shiver; uncontrolled shaking of the body | |
| 22 | 多功能 | duō gōng néng | b | multifunctional; multifunction | |
| 23 | 舵手 | duò shǒu | n | helmsman | |
| 24 | 多心 | duō xīn | a | oversensitive; suspicious | |
| 25 | 多边 | duō biān | b | multilateral | |
| 26 | 夺魁 | duó kuí | v,vn | to seize; to win | |
| 27 | 多元 | duō yuán | b | poly-; multi-; multielement; multivariant; multivariate (math.) | |
| 28 | 多劳多得 | duō láo duō dé | v | work more and get more |
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