HSK 2 · VERSION 2.0#22

Indicating a Number in Excess with “duō”

多

duō

How it works

A number followed by 多 means “more than” that number, usually only a little more.

Number + Measure Word + 多

我有二十多本书。

Wǒ yǒu èrshí duō běn shū.

I have more than twenty books.

他三十多岁。

Tā sānshí duō suì.

He is over thirty years old.

学校里有一百多个学生。

Xuéxiào lǐ yǒu yìbǎi duō ge xuésheng.

There are more than one hundred students in the school.

This does not mean a very large excess. It usually means “a little over.”