多 — many; much; more
many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; ... odd; how
- Pinyin
- duō
- Strokes
- 6
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Handwriting
- required
How to write 多: 6 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.
Words with 多 in the HSK syllabus: 26
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excessHSK 1
- 多少duōshaohow much?; how many?; what number?HSK 1
- 差不多chàbuduōalmost; nearly; more or less; about the sameHSK 3
- 好多hǎoduōmany; quite a lot; much betterHSK 3
- 多么duōmehow; what; however; how; to what extentHSK 4
- 多数duōshùmajority; mostHSK 4
- 多样duōyàngdiverse; diversity; manifoldHSK 4
- 许多xǔduōmany; a lot of; muchHSK 4
- 大多dàduōfor the most part; many; most; the greater partHSK 5
- 丰富多彩fēngfù-duōcǎirichly colorfulHSK 5
- 众多zhòngduōnumerousHSK 5
- 多才多艺duōcái-duōyìmultitalentedHSK 6
- 多亏duōkuīthanks to; luckilyHSK 6
- 多媒体duōméitǐmultimediaHSK 6
- 多余duōyúsuperfluous; unnecessary; surplusHSK 6
- 多元duōyuánpoly-; multi-; multielement; multivariantHSK 6
- 诸多zhūduōa good deal, a lot ofHSK 6
- 顶多dǐngduōat most; at bestHSK 7–9
- 多年来duō nián láifor the past many yearsHSK 7–9
- 多半duōbànmost; mostly; most likelyHSK 7–9
- 多边duōbiānmultilateralHSK 7–9
- 多心duōxīnoversensitive; suspiciousHSK 7–9
- 繁多fánduōmany and varied; of many different kindsHSK 7–9
- 或多或少huòduō-huòshǎomore or lessHSK 7–9
- 见多识广jiànduō-shíguǎngexperienced and knowledgeableHSK 7–9
- 足智多谋zúzhì-duōmóuresourceful; full of stratagemsHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.