多
duō
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Many, much; a lot of, a large amount. Before a noun it cannot stand alone and takes 很: 很多人 'many people', not 多人. As a predicate: 人很多 'there are a lot of people'. Before an adjective it asks 'how…?': 多大? 'how big, how old?'. Before a verb it means 'more': 多喝水 'drink more water'.
Nhiều, đông: số lượng lớn. Đứng trước danh từ thì phải có 很: 很多人 (nhiều người), không nói 多人. Làm vị ngữ: 人很多 (người rất đông). Đứng trước tính từ để hỏi mức độ: 多大？ (to chừng nào? bao nhiêu tuổi?). Đứng trước động từ là “… nhiều vào”: 多喝水 (uống nhiều nước vào).
AdjectiveRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 063 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “多” mean?
Many, much; a lot of, a large amount. Before a noun it cannot stand alone and takes 很: 很多人 'many people', not 多人. As a predicate: 人很多 'there are a lot of people'. Before an adjective it asks 'how…?': 多大? 'how big, how old?'. Before a verb it means 'more': 多喝水 'drink more water'.
Is “多” formal or informal?
多 is generally neutral.