多么…啊 / 多…啊【duōme … a / duō … a】

多 or 多么 before an adjective, with 啊 at the end, makes an exclamation: "how …!" or "what a …!". 多 is the everyday form; 多么 is fuller and more emotional, and the one you'll meet in writing.

The adjective stands bare, with no 很.

• × 这里的风景多很美啊 → 这里的风景多美啊

啊 often changes to 呀 after a vowel: 多好呀.

With a noun

多 / 多么 + adjective + 的 + noun + 啊 is "what a …".

With a wish

多么 also goes before verbs of wanting, 希望 and 想.

Exclamation or question

多 + adjective without 啊 asks "how …?" – 他多高？ asks his height. With 啊 and the falling tone of an exclamation, 他多高啊！ marvels at it.