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Superfluous in Chinese: 多余 (duō yú)

duō yú

superfluous

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 多餘2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1superfluous
  2. 2unnecessary
  3. 3surplus

Stroke order

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多
余

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄨㄛ

duō

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

ㄩˊ

yú

ㄩ/ üˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

多余

Simplified

多餘

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 还有多余的盐吗？

    hái yǒu duō yú de yán ma？

    Is there any salt left?

  • 你有多余的钥匙吗？

    nǐ yǒu duō yú de yào shi ma？

    Do you have an extra key?

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Related words

多

duō

many

余

yú

(literary) I

多少

duō shǎo

number

多么

duō me

how (wonderful etc)

许多

xǔ duō

many

多亏

duō kuī

thanks to

其余

qí yú

the rest

业余

yè yú

in one's spare time

多久

duō jiǔ

(of time) how long?

多数

duō shù

majority

多云

duō yún

cloudy (meteorology)

好多

hǎo duō

many

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