很多

hěnduō

phrase #254

Meanings

1 a lot; many; much
2 very many

Characters

Examples

我有很多朋友。

Wǒ yǒu hěnduō péngyǒu.

I have a lot of friends.

今天很多人来了。

Jīntiān hěnduō rén lái le.

A lot of people came today.

他比我大很多。

Tā bǐ wǒ dà hěnduō.

He is much older than me.

Tips

grammar

很多 can modify nouns (很多人 many people) or appear after adjectives in comparisons (大很多 much bigger).

Stroke Order

很 hěn

多 duō