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多少

duō shao
HSK 2.0 Level 1 HSK 3.0 Level 1 Pronoun Very common

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多少
duō shao Pronoun how much?; how many?
多少
duō shǎo number; amount

Definitions

  1. 1. how much?
  2. 2. how many?
  3. 3. (phone number, student ID etc) what number?

Word relationships

Related words

2 items
多
duō

many; much

用于询问程度，如‘多大’问年龄，‘多高’问高度。
数量
shù liàng

amount

多少用来询问数量。

Synonyms

1 item
几
jǐ

how much

用于询问数量，多少更通用，几常用于数量较小或询问数字、年龄等。

Usage notes

Collocations

多少 can be used before nouns directly, e.g., 多少钱 (duōshao qián) 'how much money'. It can also be used with 有 to ask about quantity, e.g., 有多少人 (yǒu duōshao rén) 'how many people'.

Common mistakes

Don't use 几 for quantities over ten; 多少 is preferred for larger numbers. Also, 多少 can be used to ask about prices, while 几 typically cannot.

Grammar

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Question Words

Ask who, what, where, how, and how much without adding extra question machinery.

Reading: duō shao Open guide

Example Sentences

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这个东西 多少 钱？
How much does this thing cost?
多少 錢？
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 761442)
多少 钱？
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 3697906)
多少 人？
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 10267391)

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Words Containing 多少

也好不了多少
yě hǎo bu liǎo duō shǎo

hardly any better

多多少少
duō duō shǎo shǎo

to some extent

多少有些
duō shǎo yǒu xiē

somewhat

Child Words of 多少

多
duō

many; much

少
shǎo

few

少
shào

young