多麼

See also: 多麽 and 多么

Chinese

		many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	dimi.
trad. (多麼/多麽)		多	麼/麽
simp. (多么)		多	么

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): duōme, duóme

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ˙ㄇㄜ, ㄉㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄇㄜ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): do¹ mo¹
• Jin (Wiktionary): de¹ meh
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to-mo͘ / to͘-mo͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duōme
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ˙ㄇㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duome̊
    • Wade–Giles: to¹-mê⁵
    • Yale: dwō-me
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duo.me
    • Palladius: домэ (domɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ mə²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, common variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duóme
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛˊ ˙ㄇㄜ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duóme̊
    • Wade–Giles: to²-mê⁵
    • Yale: dwó-me
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwo.me
    • Palladius: домэ (domɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯ɔ³⁵ mə³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: do¹ mo¹
    • Yale: dō mō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: do¹ mo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: do¹ mo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔː⁵⁵ mɔː⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: de¹ meh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /tɤ¹¹ məʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-mo͘
    • Tâi-lô: to-moo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doimof
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to͘-mo͘
    • Tâi-lô: too-moo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: domof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ³³ mɔ̃³³/

Adverb

多麼

1. (used in exclamations) how; what; so; such

   多麼幸福／多么幸福  ―  duōme xìngfú  ―  such bliss

   • 熟悉「社交焦慮」的人應該都能理解，社交互動是多麽困難的事吧。 [MSC, trad.]
     熟悉「社交焦虑」的人应该都能理解，社交互动是多么困难的事吧。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2015, Safina Sung, 不擅社交的壁花不是怪咖，科學證實 他們的獨特能力是你沒有的

     Shúxī “shèjiāo jiāolǜ” de rén yīnggāi dōu néng lǐjiě, shèjiāo hùdòng shì duōme kùnnán de shì ba. [Pinyin]

     Those who are familiar with "social anxiety" should be able to understand that social interaction is such a difficult task.

2. (used in questions enquiring degree) how
3. (indicating a far extent or a high degree) no matter how

Synonyms

• (how; what; so):

Dialectal synonyms of 多麼 (“how; what; so; such”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		何等, 何其, 一何, 何哉, 何等也, 何則
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		多麼, 何等, 何其
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	多麼, 多
	Taiwan	多麼, 多
	Malaysia	多
	Singapore	多麼, 多
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	多麼, 多
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	多
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	好, 多
	Wuhan	幾, 幾樣, 好
	Guilin	好
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	多
	Hefei	好
Cantonese	Guangzhou	幾, 幾咁
	Hong Kong	幾, 幾咁
	Yangjiang	幾
Gan	Nanchang	幾
Hakka	Meixian	幾
Jin	Taiyuan	多麼, 多來
Northern Min	Jian'ou	幾多
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	若夥, 若
Southern Min	Xiamen	偌, 偌爾仔, 活, 活欲
	Quanzhou	偌, 活, 活欲
	Zhangzhou	偌, 偌爾仔, 偌仔爾, 活, 活欲
	Taipei	偌爾, 偌仔爾
	Kaohsiung	偌爾, 偌仔爾
	Penang (Hokkien)	偌
	Singapore (Hokkien)	偌
	Manila (Hokkien)	偌
	Chaozhou	若
	Singapore (Teochew)	若
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	幾
Wu	Shanghai	多少, 幾化
	Suzhou	幾化
	Wenzhou	幾倈, 幾恁
Xiang	Changsha	幾, 幾多, 好
	Shuangfeng	幾, 好