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More or less in Chinese: 或多或少 (huò duō huò shǎo)

huò duō huò shǎo

more or less

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1more or less

Stroke order

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Zhuyin

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ㄏㄨㄛˋ

huò

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄨㄛ

duō

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄛ/ o—/ first tone

ㄏㄨㄛˋ

huò

ㄏ/ hㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕㄠˇ

shǎo

ㄕ/ shㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 每个人或多或少都有点缺点。

    měi gè rén huò duō huò shǎo dōu yǒu diǎn quē diǎn。

    Everyone has some shortcomings, more or less.

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Related words

多

duō

many

少

shǎo

few

或

huò

maybe

多少

duō shǎo

number

多么

duō me

how (wonderful etc)

或者

huò zhě

or

减少

jiǎn shǎo

to lessen

缺少

quē shǎo

lack

许多

xǔ duō

many

至少

zhì shǎo

at least

多亏

duō kuī

thanks to

多余

duō yú

superfluous

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