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Vocabulary 1-4 多: More, Unnecessary & To a certain extend.


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Today, we are going to learn this character in this piece of lyrics, the character 多, our fourth level 1 character.
It has 4 different meanings.

First, it means more, much, or many
众多, many people
多年, many years
In Chinese, there is no countable and uncountable noun, so there is not multiple characters like in English for each type, like we have many and much, so it’s the same.
And when adding this character 多 in front of something, it becomes a new thing that has its independent meaning, instead of just trying to describe the quantity.
For example.
多彩, colorful
多情, sentimental
多疑, oversensitive or suspicious

Its 2nd meaning is unnecessary.
多嘴, unnecessary opinions.
多虑, paranoid.

Thirdly, it means something reaches a certain degree, or to a certain extend.
不论多冷,我都要跑步。
It doesn’t matter how cold it is, I have to go jogging.

And lastly,  it is used to praise something great.
This is another character on the top 50 most frequently used words, so please do spend some time to listen to the episode a few times to get a grasp.

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Speak Fluent ChineseBy Tristan