好多

Mandarin · pinyin hǎo duō

Meanings

  1. many
  2. quite a lot
  3. much better
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好
hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
多
duō · much, many; more than, over
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3–1 · hao3 duo1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hou2 do1

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adj

  1. many; much; a lot
  2. much better
  3. (dialectal) how many; how much

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