Chinese word

多么

Pronunciation

Pinyinduō me

Meaning

  • adverbhow

Example

你知道他多么努力吗？nǐ zhī dào tā duō me nǔ lì ma

Do you know how hard he works?

Illustration for 多么 (how)

More examples

她看到礼物，多么高兴！tā kàn dào lǐ wù duō me gāo xìng

How happy she was when she saw the gift!

Core concept

Marks how far a quality or action reaches on a scale, often with the speaker's feeling made vivid.

Common phrases

  • 多么努力duō me nǔ lì

    how hard

  • 多么高兴duō me gāo xìng

    how happy

Similar words

很hěn: Shows that a quality or action is high in degree, usually meaning very.
非常fēi cháng: Strongly emphasizes that a quality or action is extremely high in degree.
太tài: Shows that a quality or action reaches an excessive degree, meaning too.
这么zhè me: Points to a degree or manner shown by the situation, meaning so or this much.

Definition in Chinese

作为程度副词，常位于形容词或动词之前，在疑问句中询问程度，在感叹句中强调并带有感情色彩。zuò wéi chéng dù fù cí cháng wèi yú xíng róng cí huò dòng cí zhī qián zài yí wèn jù zhōng xún wèn chéng dù zài gǎn tàn jù zhōng qiáng diào bìng dài yǒu gǎn qíng sè cǎi

Word origin

多 (duō, "many") + 么 (me, "a grammatical particle") combines an idea of amount with a particle to form an expressive marker of degree.

Usage tips

  • 多么 (duōme, "degree marker") usually comes before the adjective or verb whose degree is being discussed, so its position helps identify the word it describes.

Other meanings

  • veryadverb

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