多少
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Chinese[edit]
many; much | few; little | ||
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trad. (多少) | 多 | 少 | |
simp. #(多少) | 多 | 少 |
Pronunciation 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
多少
- (interrogative) how many; how much
- 你要多少? ― Nǐ yào duōshǎo? ― How much do you want?
- 多少鈔票? [Shanghainese, trad.]
- 1tu-sau 5tshau-phiau [Wugniu]
- How much does it cost?
多少钞票? [Shanghainese, simp.]
- (when duplicated in a sentence) as much as; as many as
Usage notes[edit]
Sometimes 多少 (duōshao) is used in ways that the English terms how many and how much are not; for example, in Mandarin it is common to ask:
This usage of how many may have become prevalent on account of the fact that phone numbers - as well as many email addresses in China - are made up completely of digits.
Synonyms[edit]
- (how many; how much):
Dialectal synonyms of 多少 (“how many; how much”) [map]
See also[edit]
Pronunciation 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
多少
- amount; how much; how many
Adverb[edit]
多少
Synonyms[edit]
- 一些 (yīxiē)
- 小可 (Hokkien)
- 小可仔 (Hokkien)
- 微微仔 (Hokkien)
- 拉圇/拉囵 (Hokkien)
- 普二略 (Hokkien)
- 普其略 (Hokkien)
- 普普仔 (Hokkien)
- 有些 (yǒuxiē)
- 略事 (lüèshì) (literary)
- 略仔 (Hokkien)
- 略微 (lüèwēi)
- 略為/略为 (lüèwéi)
- 略略 (lüèlüè)
- 略略仔 (Hokkien)
- 稍
- 稍微 (shāowēi)
- 稍為/稍为 (shāowéi)
- 稍稍仔 (Hokkien)
- 粗粗 (Hakka)
- 粗粗仔 (Hakka)
- 約略/约略 (yuēlüè)
- 聊 (liáo) (literary, or in compounds)
- 頗略仔/颇略仔 (Hokkien)
- 麻微 (Hokkien)
- 麻文 (Hokkien)
Derived terms[edit]
- 古今多少事,都付笑談中/古今多少事,都付笑谈中 (gǔjīn duōshǎo shì, dōu fù xiàotán zhōng)
- 多多少少 (duōduōshǎoshǎo)
- 多少是好
- 抵多少
- 沒多少/没多少
- 渾身是鐵,打得多少釘兒/浑身是铁,打得多少钉儿
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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多 | 少 |
た Grade: 2 |
しょう Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Adverb[edit]
Noun[edit]
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