Author: Shamansurov, Shorasul Shavkatovich

Annotation: Many words or phrases in Chinese can serve as adverbials before verbs or adjectives, or as complements after verbs or adjectives. In most cases, the same words used as adverbials and complements have different meanings (Li Jinxi 1924, Wang Li 1943, Shuxiang Lu, Zhu Dexi 1952, Zhang Jing 1980, Li Zhu 1988, Ma Zhen 1997). We take “duo” as an example to examine the semantic difference between the two phrase forms of “duo“多+V” and “V+多” in modern Chinese Mandarin (Liu Yuehua 1982, Shuxiang Lu1982, Xin Yongfen 2006). Shuxiang Lu (1984) gave a detailed classification and explanation of the usage of “Duo” in “Xiàndài hànyǔ bābǎi cì”. He believes that the adjective “duo” can be used as an adverbial before the verb or as a complement after the verb when it means “an increase in number than the original; the number exceeds.” Scholars such as Huang Xiaohong (2001) and Xin Yongfen (2006) believe that “duo” as an adverbial and result complement have different semantics. Specifically, the adverbial “duo” reaches a certain amount, and the complement “duo” means more than a certain amount.

Keywords: duo +V;duo1; duo2; english more; additive reading.