Do more or less with 多/少

Structure 多 / 少 + Verb (+ amount)

Before the verb, 多 (duō) and 少 (shǎo) mean doing "more" or "less" of something: 多吃点儿 = "eat a bit more"; 少说话 = "talk less". Very common in advice. They’re often followed by a small amount (点儿) or the object: 多喝水, 少吃糖.

Examples

多duō吃chī点diǎn儿r菜cài。
Eat a bit more veggies.
你nǐ要yào多duō喝hē水shuǐ。
You should drink more water.
少shǎo说shuō多duō做zuò。
Talk less, do more.

Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.

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