# 多少
## Chinese
### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): duōshao, duōshǎo
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ˙ㄕㄠ, ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дуәшо (duəšo, I-II)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): do$^1$ siu$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): de$^1$ sau$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): to-siáu / to͘-siáu
    (Teochew, Peng'im): do$^1$ zio$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^1$tu-sau
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland China)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: duōshao
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ˙ㄕㄠ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: duoshåo
*** Wade–Giles: to$^1$-shao$^5$
*** Yale: dwō-shau
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duo.shau
*** Palladius: дошао (došao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: duōshǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: duoshǎo
*** Wade–Giles: to$^1$-shao$^3$
*** Yale: dwō-shǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoshao
*** Palladius: дошао (došao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дуәшо (duəšo, I-II)
*** Sinological IPA : /tuə²⁴ ʂɔ⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: do$^1$ siu$^2$
*** Yale: dō síu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: do$^1$ siu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: do$^1$ xiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔː⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: de$^1$ sau$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tɤ¹¹ sau⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-siáu
*** Tâi-lô: to-siáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doisiao
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ siau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /to⁴⁴⁻³³ siau⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to⁴⁴⁻²² siau⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to͘-siáu
*** Tâi-lô: too-siáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dosiao
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ³³ siau⁵⁵⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: do$^1$ zio$^2$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: to tsió
*** Sinological IPA : /to³³⁻²³ t͡sio⁵²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$tu-sau
*** MiniDict: tu$^平$ sau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$tu-sau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tu⁵⁵ sɔ²¹/

#### Adjective

多少
* (interrogative) how many; how much
    你要多少？ ― Nǐ yào duōshǎo? ― How much do you want?
       Zhè ge bān yǒu duōshǎo nánshēng? [Pinyin]
       How many boys are in this class?
       Nǐ bèi Tángshī bèi le duōshǎo shǒu? [Pinyin]
       How many Tang poems have you memorized?
       $^1$tu-sau $^5$tshau-phiau [Wugniu]
       How much does it cost?
    From: Meng Haoran, 《春曉》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
    Yè lái fēngyǔ shēng, huā luò zhī duōshǎo? [Pinyin]
    After one night of wind and showers, how many are the fallen flowers!
* (when duplicated in a sentence) as much as; as many as
       Nǐ yào duōshǎo jiù ná duōshǎo. [Pinyin]
       Take as many as you want.
       Nǐ xūyào duōshǎo fùyìnjiàn jiù fùyìn duōshǎo ba. [Pinyin]
       Make as many photocopies as you need.

##### Usage notes

Sometimes 多少 (duōshao) is used in ways that the English terms how many and how much are not; for example, in Mandarin it is common to ask:
       Nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ shì duōshǎo? [Pinyin]
       What is your phone number? (literally, How many/much is your phone number?)
       Nǐ de diànzǐ yóujiàn shì duōshǎo? [Pinyin]
       What is your email address? (literally, How many/much is your email address?)
       Nǐ de Wēixìn hào shì duōshǎo? [Pinyin]
       What is your Wechat account (usually not made up of digits)? (literally, How many/much is your Wechat account?)
This usage of how many may have become prevalent on account of the fact that phone numbers - as well as many email addresses in China - are made up completely of digits.

##### Synonyms

* (how many; how much):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 幾, 幾何, 幾多, 幾許, 多少 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 多少 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 多少 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 多少 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 多少 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 多少 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 多少 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 好多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 幾多, 好多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 好多 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine) | 幾, 幾多 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 多少 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 好些, 好多 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幾多, 幾 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幾多, 幾 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 幾多 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 幾多 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 幾多, 幾 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 幾多, 幾 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 幾多 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 幾多 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 多少 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 幾多 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 若夥 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 若夥 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 偌濟 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 偌濟, 幾 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 幾 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 偌濟, 幾 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 偌濟, 幾 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 若濟 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 偌濟 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 幾多 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 多少, 幾化, 幾多化 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Qingpu) | 幾好 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 幾漢 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 多話 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 幾化 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 幾化 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 多少 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 幾倈兒, 幾倈 |
| Wu | Lishui | 幾粒 |
| Wu | Qingyuan | 多 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 好多 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 幾, 幾多 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 好多, 幾多 |

#### See also

* 幾個／几个 (jǐgè)
* 幾／几 (jǐ)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): duōshǎo
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): do$^1$ siu$^2$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tô-séu
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to-siáu / to͘-siáu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: duōshǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: duoshǎo
*** Wade–Giles: to$^1$-shao$^3$
*** Yale: dwō-shǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: duoshao
*** Palladius: дошао (došao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: do$^1$ siu$^2$
*** Yale: dō síu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: do$^1$ siu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: do$^1$ xiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔː⁵⁵ siːu̯³⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tô-séu
*** Hakka Romanization System: do$^ˊ$ seu$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: do$^1$ seu$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /to²⁴ seu̯³¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to-siáu
*** Tâi-lô: to-siáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doisiao
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ siau⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /to⁴⁴⁻³³ siau⁵³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to⁴⁴⁻²² siau⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to͘-siáu
*** Tâi-lô: too-siáu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: dosiao
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ³³ siau⁵⁵⁴/

#### Noun

多少
* amount; how much; how many
       Suǒdéshuì de duōshǎo qǔjué yú nǐ de shōurù. [Pinyin]
       How much income tax you pay depends on your income.

#### Adverb

多少
* somewhat; more or less
       Zhè zhǒng miáoshù duōshǎo yǒu diǎn zhǔnquèxìng. [Pinyin]
       The description is more or less accurate.

##### Synonyms

* 一些 (yīxiē)
* 小可 (Hokkien)
* 小可仔 (Hokkien)
* 微微仔 (Hokkien)
* 拉圇 / 拉囵 (Hokkien)
* 普二略 (Hokkien)
* 普其略 (Hokkien)
* 普普仔 (Hokkien)
* 有些 (yǒuxiē)
* 略事 (lüèshì) (literary)
* 略仔 (Hokkien)
* 略微 (lüèwēi)
* 略為 / 略为 (lüèwéi)
* 略略 (lüèlüè)
* 略略仔 (Hokkien)
* 稍
* 稍微 (shāowēi)
* 稍為 / 稍为 (shāowéi)
* 稍稍仔 (Hokkien)
* 粗粗 (Hakka)
* 粗粗仔 (Hakka)
* 約略 / 约略 (yuēlüè)
* 聊 (liáo) (literary, or in compounds)
* 頗略仔 / 颇略仔 (Hokkien)
* 麻微 (Hokkien)
* 麻文 (Hokkien)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 多少(たしょう) (tashō)
* → Korean: 다소(多少) (daso)

### Derived terms

* 古今多少事，都付笑談中 / 古今多少事，都付笑谈中 (gǔjīn duōshǎo shì, dōu fù xiàotán zhōng)
* 多多少少 (duōduōshǎoshǎo)
* 多少是好
* 抵多少
* 沒多少 / 没多少
* 渾身是鐵，打得多少釘兒 / 浑身是铁，打得多少钉儿

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 多 | 少 |
| た Grade: 2 | しょう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Adverb

多(た)少(しょう) • (tashō)
* little, somewhat, rather, quite

### Noun

多(た)少(しょう) • (tashō)
* amount, number