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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 多少

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
多少 duō shǎo - number; amount
- somewhat
多少 duō shao - how much?; how many?
- (phone number, student ID etc) what number?

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
1 1 360 694 372

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
多 duō- many; much; more; a lot of
- too many; in excess
- (after a numeral) ... odd
- how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2])
- (bound form) multi-; poly-
少 shǎo- few
- less
- to lack
- to be missing
- to stop (doing sth)
- seldom
少 shào- young

Other Words Containing 多少

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
多少 1 1 360 694 372
多多少少 - - 26,689 29,021 23,489