Pronunciation 1
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Adjective
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多少
- (interrogative) how many; how much
- 你要多少? ― Nǐ yào duōshǎo? ― How much do you want?
這個班有多少男生? [MSC, trad.]
这个班有多少男生? [MSC, simp.]- Zhè ge bān yǒu duōshǎo nánshēng? [Pinyin]
- How many boys are in this class?
你背唐詩背了多少首? [MSC, trad.]
你背唐诗背了多少首? [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ bèi Tángshī bèi le duōshǎo shǒu? [Pinyin]
- How many Tang poems have you memorized?
多少鈔票? [Shanghainese, trad.]
多少钞票? [Shanghainese, simp.]- 1tu-sau 5tshau-phiau [Wugniu]
- How much does it cost?
- (when duplicated in a sentence) as much as; as many as
你要多少就拿多少。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]- Nǐ yào duōshǎo jiù ná duōshǎo. [Pinyin]
- Take as many as you want.
你需要多少複印件就複印多少吧。 [MSC, trad.]
你需要多少复印件就复印多少吧。 [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ xūyào duōshǎo fùyìnjiàn jiù fùyìn duōshǎo ba. [Pinyin]
- Make as many photocopies as you need.
Usage notes
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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:
你的電話號碼是多少? [MSC, trad.]
你的电话号码是多少? [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ shì duōshǎo? [Pinyin]
- What is your phone number? (literally, How many/much is your phone number?)
你的電子郵件是多少? [MSC, trad.]
你的电子邮件是多少? [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ de diànzǐ yóujiàn shì duōshǎo? [Pinyin]
- What is your email address? (literally, How many/much is your email address?)
你的微信號是多少? [MSC, trad.]
你的微信号是多少? [MSC, simp.]- Nǐ de Wēixìn hào shì duōshǎo? [Pinyin]
- What is your Wechat account (usually not made up of digits)? (literally, How many/much is your Wechat account?)
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
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Dialectal synonyms of
多少 (“how many; how much”)
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Classical Chinese
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幾, 幾何, 幾多, 幾許, 多少
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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多少
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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多少
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Taiwan
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多少
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Jinan
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多少
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Xi'an
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多少
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Wuhan
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幾多, 好多
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Chengdu
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好多
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Guilin
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好多
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Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
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幾, 幾多
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Yangzhou
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多少
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Hefei
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好些, 好多
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Singapore
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多少
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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幾多, 幾
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Hong Kong
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幾多, 幾
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Taishan
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幾多
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Yangjiang
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幾多, 幾
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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幾多, 幾
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Gan
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Nanchang
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幾多
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Hakka
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Meixian
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幾多
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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幾多
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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幾多
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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幾多
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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幾多
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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幾多
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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幾多
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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多少
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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幾多
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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若夥
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Singapore (Fuqing)
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若夥
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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偌濟
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Quanzhou
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偌濟
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Shishi
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偌濟
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Zhangzhou
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偌濟
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Zhao'an
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偌濟
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Tainan
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偌濟, 幾
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Penang (Hokkien)
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幾
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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偌濟, 幾
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Manila (Hokkien)
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偌濟, 幾
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Chaozhou
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若濟
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Shantou
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若濟
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Jieyang
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若濟
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Pontianak (Teochew)
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若濟
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Haikou
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偌濟
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Wu
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Shanghai
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多少, 幾化, 幾多化 dated
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Suzhou
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幾化
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Wuxi
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幾化
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Ningbo
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多少
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Wenzhou
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幾倈兒, 幾倈
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Lishui
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幾粒
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Qingyuan
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多
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Xiang
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Changsha
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好多
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Xiangtan
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幾, 幾多
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Shuangfeng
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好多, 幾多
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Pronunciation 2
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多少
- amount; how much; how many
所得稅的多少取決於你的收入。 [MSC, trad.]
所得税的多少取决于你的收入。 [MSC, simp.]- Suǒdéshuì de duōshǎo qǔjué yú nǐ de shōurù. [Pinyin]
- How much income tax you pay depends on your income.
多少
- somewhat; more or less
這種描述多少有點準確性。 [MSC, trad.]
这种描述多少有点准确性。 [MSC, simp.]- Zhè zhǒng miáoshù duōshǎo yǒu diǎn zhǔnquèxìng. [Pinyin]
- The description is more or less accurate.
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