多么

duō me

HSK 2.0 Level 3 HSK 3.0 Level 4 Adverb Common

Definitions

1. how (wonderful etc)
2. what (a great idea etc)
3. however (difficult it may be etc)
4. (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc)
5. to what extent

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Word relationships

Register variants

1 item

多

duō

many; much

多么 is more formal or emphatic than 多 in exclamations; 多 is more common in spoken Chinese.

Related words

2 items

怎么

zěn me

how?

怎么 asks 'how' in manner or reason; 多么 asks 'to what extent'.

这样

zhè yàng

this kind of

这样 means 'this way' or 'so' when commenting on manner; 多么 expresses degree in exclamations.

Usage notes

Common mistakes

In questions, 多么 is rarely used with adjectives; instead use 多 for 'how + adjective' (e.g., 多高？ not 多么高？).

Formality

多么 is more formal than 多 in exclamatory sentences, but both are interchangeable in informal contexts.

Example Sentences

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不管多么困难，我都要完成。

No matter how difficult it is, I will complete it.

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Child Words of 多么

多

duō