<p>好多了 means &quot; much better&quot; Your sentence would be:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>&quot;Why not Australia? It's <strong>much better</strong> than America&quot;</p>
<p>為什麼不是澳大利亞？ 它比美國<strong>好多了</strong>“</p>
</blockquote>
<p>For &quot; <strong>so much better</strong>&quot; the translation would be &quot;<strong>好太多了</strong>&quot;</p>
<blockquote>
<p>&quot;Why not Australia? It's <strong>so much better</strong> than America&quot;</p>
<p>為什麼不是澳大利亞？ 它比美國<strong>好太多了</strong>“</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Another way to translate &quot;<strong>so much better</strong>&quot;:</p>
<blockquote>
<ul>
<li>比美国好(better than America)</li>
<li>比美国好得多(much better than America)</li>
<li>比美国好得多<strong>了</strong> (<strong>so</strong> much better than America)</li>
</ul>
<p>*It uses the final particle &quot;了&quot; to increase the emphasis.  The 'so' in &quot;so much better&quot; functions the same way.</p>
</blockquote>

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If "Australia" is part of a suggestion, I would say "澳大利亚怎么样？比美国好得多得多。"
wks
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比美国好得多得多 is not grammatically correct. As for your suggestion, please see my edited  answer.
Tang Ho
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Tang Ho
<p>Without more detail I made up this little chat:</p>

<p>你毕业后要做什么？<br>
我去美国找工作。<br>
为什么选了美国？澳大利亚比美国更好。</p>

<p>Exactly how you say 'much better' will of course depend on the context.</p>

<p>There is nothing wrong with Tang Ho's answer, why the down vote?</p>

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*There is nothing wrong with Tang Ho's answer, why the down vote?* - May be some people dislike the example sentence I made up suggested America is not the best in everything; may be some people dislike the fact that I didn't use simplified characters.
Tang Ho
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Gangosa
<p>How does one translate the following sentence into Mandarin?</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"Why not Australia? It's <strong>so much better</strong> than America"</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Can I use 好多了 to translate "<strong>so much better</strong>" ?</p>

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More context would improve the likelihood of an accurate answer. Why not what in Oz? Oz is better than what?
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How do you say "much better" in Mandarin?
# How do you say "much better" in Mandarin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-12-11)

How does one translate the following sentence into Mandarin?

> "Why not Australia? It's **so much better** than America"

Can I use 好多了 to translate "**so much better**" ?

**Tags:** mandarin

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: More context would improve the likelihood of an accurate answer. Why not what in Oz? Oz is better than what?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2016-12-11. Score: 3

好多了 means " much better" Your sentence would be:

> "Why not Australia? It's **much better** than America"
>
> 為什麼不是澳大利亞？ 它比美國**好多了**“

For " **so much better**" the translation would be "**好太多了**"

> "Why not Australia? It's **so much better** than America"
>
> 為什麼不是澳大利亞？ 它比美國**好太多了**“

Another way to translate "**so much better**":

> * 比美国好(better than America)
> * 比美国好得多(much better than America)
> * 比美国好得多**了** (**so** much better than America)
>
> \*It uses the final particle "了" to increase the emphasis. The 'so' in "so much better" functions the same way.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: If "Australia" is part of a suggestion, I would say "澳大利亚怎么样？比美国好得多得多。"  
> **username_2**: 比美国好得多得多 is not grammatically correct. As for your suggestion, please see my edited  answer.  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-12-11. Score: 1

Without more detail I made up this little chat:

你毕业后要做什么？  
我去美国找工作。  
为什么选了美国？澳大利亚比美国更好。

Exactly how you say 'much better' will of course depend on the context.

There is nothing wrong with username_2 Ho's answer, why the down vote?

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: *There is nothing wrong with username_2 Ho's answer, why the down vote?* - May be some people dislike the example sentence I made up suggested America is not the best in everything; may be some people dislike the fact that I didn't use simplified characters.  

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