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好多

hǎo duō · hao duo

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Meaning

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  1. many
  2. quite a lot
  3. much better
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In a conversation

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Buy three, get one

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)桌(zhuō)上(shàng)好多(hǎoduō)书(shū)啊(a)！

    So many books on your desk!

  2. Liangliang

    对(duì)，好多(hǎoduō)都(dōu)是(shì)新(xīn)买(mǎi)的(de)。

    Yes, lots of them are newly bought.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)都(dōu)看完(kànwán)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Have you read them all?

  4. Liangliang

    没有(méiyǒu)，好多(hǎoduō)还(hái)没(méi)打开(dǎkāi)。

    No, lots aren't even opened yet.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)为什么(wèishénme)还(hái)买(mǎi)新(xīn)的(de)？

    Then why buy new ones?

  6. Liangliang

    书店(shūdiàn)买三送一(mǎisānsòngyī)，好多(hǎoduō)就(jiù)这样(zhèyàng)来(lái)了(le)。

    The bookshop had buy three, get one free. That's how lots of them came.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

今(jīn)天(tiān)早(zǎo)上(shang)他(tā)收(shōu)到(dào)好(hǎo)多(duō)信(xìn)。

He received a good many letters this morning.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by shekitten · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

超(chāo)市(shì)里(lǐ)好(hǎo)多(duō)人(rén)都(dōu)在(zài)排(pái)队(duì)结(jié)账(zhàng)。

Quite a lot of people in the supermarket are lining up to pay.

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好
hǎo

good; appropriate; proper

多
duō

many; much; too many; in excess

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