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多少

Mandarin · pinyin duō shǎo#

number; amount
somewhat

Mandarin · pinyin duō shao#

how much?; how many?
(phone number, student ID etc) what number?

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多: duō · much, many; more than, over
少: shǎo · few, less, inadequate

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1–3 · duo1 shao3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

do1 siu2

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adj

(interrogative) how many; how much
(when duplicated in a sentence) as much as; as many as

noun

amount; how much; how many

adv

somewhat; more or less

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