What time is it now?

djfite
 September 24, 2011, 12:41 AM posted in General Discussion

Hello. I have a question about the difference between duō and jǐ. Jǐ is to be used with numbers questions, but isn't it duō used in asking how much $ an item is? Could you please explain if one is right and the other is wrong?

thanks!

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david王
 October 12, 2011, 08:59 AM

Yes ,when you use duō we would say "duo shao qian",this means how much and when we say "ji dian"this means what time is it now

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david王
 October 12, 2011, 08:59 AM

this is also different meaning in different ways.

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724671715
 October 15, 2011, 04:34 PM

i think the" duo shao"and"ji"are the same meaning,they all used with No. questions .as divid says,ji dian =duo shao dian,but we pretend to say as the first one.

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dummerang
 October 15, 2011, 05:51 PM

Ji is used when the number is under 10 generally, or a lower number, duo shao is when it's a higher number.

Not as a rule, it just sounds better that way.