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

Word relationships

Register variants

1 item

• 多 duō 多 duō many; much 多么 is more formal or emphatic than 多 in exclamations; 多 is more common in spoken Chinese.: many; much

Related words

2 items

• 怎么 zěn me 怎么 zěn me how? 怎么 asks 'how' in manner or reason; 多么 asks 'to what extent'.: how?
• 这样 zhè yàng 这样 zhè yàng this kind of 这样 means 'this way' or 'so' when commenting on manner; 多么 expresses degree in exclamations.: this kind of

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 多 duō: many; much
• 么 么 má: exclamatory final particle
• 么 么 ma: interrogative final particle