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title: "(有)多 + adjective? (how …?) in Chinese Grammar: How …? (多 + …), With Examples"
description: "(有)多 + adjective? (how …?): how …? (多 + …). (有)多 + adjective asks about degree: 多远 “how far”, 多长 “how long”, 多大 “how old / how big”. 4 real lines from stories, each word explained."
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# (有)多 + adjective? (how …?)

How …? (多 + …)

(有)多 + adjective asks about degree: 多远 “how far”, 多长 “how long”, 多大 “how old / how big”.

## In stories

在中国，说一次再见，能说**多长**时间？

[说一次再见 · How to say goodbye in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-goodbye-in-chinese#library-word-25-27) HSK 2

如果把中国所有的高铁线路连成一条线，会有**多长**？

[中国的高铁有多长？ · How big is China's high-speed rail?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-big-is-chinas-high-speed-rail#library-word-20-22) HSK 4

你小时候，每天在外面玩**多长**时间？

[一半的孩子戴眼镜 · Why do so many Chinese children wear glasses?](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/why-do-so-many-chinese-children-wear-glasses#library-word-426-428) HSK 4

这个办法到底有**多先进**？

[赵州桥 · Zhaozhou Bridge, the world's oldest open-spandrel arch](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/zhaozhou-bridge-oldest-open-spandrel-arch#library-word-439-442) HSK 5

[Read 说一次再见](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-goodbye-in-chinese#library-word-25-27)

## More patterns

- [有点(儿) + adjective a bit …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/youdianr)
- [有的…，有的… some …, others …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/youde-youde)
- [没(有) + 那么/这么 + adjective not that …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/mei-name-adj)
- [A 没有 B (那么/这么) + adjective not as … as …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/meiyou-name)
- [只有…才… only if … will …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zhiyou-cai)
- [A 比 B + adjective + 多了/得多 much more … than …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/bi-duo-le)

## What does (有)多 + adjective? (how …?) mean in Chinese?

How …? (多 + …). (有)多 + adjective asks about degree: 多远 “how far”, 多长 “how long”, 多大 “how old / how big”.

## How common is (有)多 + adjective? (how …?)?

It comes up in 8 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

## Does it correct my mistakes?

No. It shows which patterns a text uses and what each one does; it doesn’t mark errors. Paste a sentence you wrote to see whether it uses the pattern you meant.

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Patterns found by our own parser; lines from our free Library.