How to Say ‘Are there a lot of stars today?’ in Simplified Chinese
今天星星多吗？
jīn tiān xīng xīng duō ma
[jeen-tyen xīngxing duō ma]
💬 Usage Tip: 多 "many" works by itself as the whole description, with no 是 needed: 今天人多吗？ "Are there lots of people today?"
Phrase Breakdown
今天
jīn tiān
[jeen-tyen]
today
The current day; used when talking about what is happening now.
今天有一个很重要的职业活动。
Today there is a very important career event.
星星多吗？
xīng xīng duō ma
are there many stars?
星星 (xīngxing) means 'stars'. 多 (duō) means 'many'. 吗 (ma) makes it a question.
这里人多吗？
Are there many people here?
Words in this phrase
星星
xīng xīng
[xīngxing]
stars
The stars in the night sky.
晚上的星星很漂亮。
The stars at night are beautiful.
多
duō
[duō]
many; much
Describes a large number or amount.
这里人很多。
There are many people here.
吗
ma
[ma]
question particle
A sentence-final particle used to turn a statement into a yes-no question.
你是第一次来吗？这里的“吗”表示提问。
Is this your first time here? Here, 吗 marks a question.
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