多少
duō shao
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
How many, how much — the question word for amounts, prices and larger numbers. It is used when the answer may be large (roughly above ten) and for prices: 多少钱? 'how much is it?'. A measure word after it is optional: 多少人 or 多少个人 'how many people'. For small numbers use 几. 少 has a neutral tone here.
Đại từ nghi vấn hỏi số lượng: bao nhiêu. Dùng khi con số có thể lớn (thường trên mười) và khi hỏi giá: 多少钱? (bao nhiêu tiền?). Sau 多少 có thể có hoặc không có lượng từ: 多少人, 多少个人 (bao nhiêu người). Số nhỏ thì hỏi bằng 几 (mấy). Chữ 少 ở đây đọc thanh nhẹ.
PronounRegister: 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 “多少” mean?
How many, how much — the question word for amounts, prices and larger numbers. It is used when the answer may be large (roughly above ten) and for prices: 多少钱? 'how much is it?'. A measure word after it is optional: 多少人 or 多少个人 'how many people'. For small numbers use 几. 少 has a neutral tone here. Literally: many few
Is “多少” formal or informal?
多少 is generally neutral.