多 [duō] after a number means the quantity is a little more than that number.
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十多岁 [shí duō suì]
more than 10 years old (11, 12, 13...)
二十多人 [èrshí duō rén]
more than 20 people (21, 22, 23...)
三十多本书 [sānshí duō běn shū]
more than 30 books
✅ Number ends in 0 (10, 20, 30...) → put 多 right after the number:
十多岁 [shí duō suì] more than 10 years old
二十多块钱 [èrshí duō kuài qián] more than 20 yuan
✅ Number does not end in 0 → put 多 after the measure word:
五个多小时 [wǔ gè duō xiǎoshí] more than 5 hours
三本多书 [sān běn duō shū] more than 3 books
What does it mean?
二十多岁 → More than 20 years old.
十多个人 → More than 10 people.
四本多书 → More than 4 books.
PAGE 14 EXAMPLES
1. 北京大学有四万多名学生呢！
Běijīng Dàxué yǒu sì wàn duō míng xuéshēng ne!
Peking University has more than 40,000 students!
2. 教室里有二十多个学生。
Jiàoshì lǐ yǒu èrshí duō gè xuéshēng.
There are more than twenty students in the classroom.
3. 这两个苹果五块多钱。
Zhè liǎng gè píngguǒ wǔ kuài duō qián.
These two apples cost a little over five yuan.
PAGE 14 ACTIVITY
1. A: 你这件衣服多少钱？
Nǐ zhè jiàn yīfu duōshao qián?
How much is this piece of clothing?
B: 十块多钱。
Shí kuài duō qián.
A little over ten yuan.
2. A: 家里还有苹果吗？
Jiā li hái yǒu píngguǒ ma?
Are there still apples at home?
B: 还有十多个苹果。
Hái yǒu shí duō ge píngguǒ.
There are still more than ten apples.
3. A: 你家的小狗几岁了？
Nǐ jiā de xiǎogǒu jǐ suì le?
How old is your puppy?
B: 两岁多了。
Liǎng suì duō le.
It is a little over two years old.