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How are 多 and 好 different from each other in the following examples? Hey guys, How are 多 and 好 different from each other in the following examples? A: 你看,那个人___高啊! B: 这电脑___贵啊! Should I use 多 or 好 in the above examples? If both works, are there any subtle differences between the two? Thank you!

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A: 你看,那个人___高啊! B: 这电脑___贵啊! in this two sentence , 好 and 多 is similar. but it is better to use 好 in oral language, because using 多 sounds like a question .这台电脑多贵啊!and 这台电脑多贵啊? sounds like similar.
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For the example sentences you proivded, you could use 多, but 好 is more natural. As you have probably notice 多 can be used in various ways . You can use it to express quantity, you can you use to express the English "how" and "much" Example 1: 你看他多有錢 "look HOW rich he is (when compared to you)" Example 2: 他比你有錢多了 "he is MUCH richer than you."
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I agree that 好 is preferable to 多 as stated by the commentators, but just to confirm, you must have already considered 很, have excluded it for a certain reason, and prefer to consider 好 as opposed to 多? I would have thought that using 很 seems more typical in Mandarin and using 好 seems more typical in Cantonese: Mandarin A: 你看,那个人很高啊! B: 这电脑很贵啊! Cantonese A: 你看,那个人好高啊! B: 这电脑好贵啊! Of course, I could be mistaken, but this has been my experience over the past few years.
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两个都可以用,但是就这两句话来说,我们还是更多地用 “ 好 ” 。
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两个都可以用,但是这两句话在口语里我们还是更多地用 “ 好 ” 。

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