多大

Mandarin · pinyin duō dà

Meanings

  1. how old?
  2. how big?
  3. how much?
  4. so big
  5. that much
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多
duō · much, many; more than, over
大
dà · big, great, vast, large, high
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1–4 · duo1 da4

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adj · Etymology 1

  1. how big; how large
  2. how old (used to ask how old someone is)

name · Etymology 2

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 多倫多大學/多伦多大学 (Duōlúnduō Dàxué, “University of Toronto”); U of T

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