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how much?; how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *多* | 多* | *多
many; much; more; a lot of / too many; in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi-; poly-
HSK 1
many / a lot of / much
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *几* | 几* | *几
how much / how many / several / a few
HSK 1
many / a lot / not few
HSK 2
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  *就* | 就* | *就
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 著|着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (pattern: ... ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: ... ...) if not ... then must be ...
HSK 1
usually / in many cases / more often than not
HSK 3
many times / repeatedly
HSK 4
many / quite a lot / much better
HSK 2
many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-
HSK 4
many years / for many years / longstanding
HSK 4
for many generations / generation / era / age
HSK 7-9
ten million / countless / many / one must by all means
HSK 3
many-sided / in many aspects
HSK 6
for the past many years
HSK 7-9
calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns
for the most part / many / most / the greater part / mostly
HSK 4
a few / several / how many
to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(literary) (similar to 多麼|多么, used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc); so (many etc)
warp brocade / woven fabric with single colored woof but many-colored warp
local bus or train / slow train with many stops
HSK 6
many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers.
(idiom) to come in many different shapes; to display a great variety of forms
Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原, Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues
to have many advantages and no disadvantages
many / multiple / multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)
special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia
as many as; no less than / not inferior to; as good as; on a par with
using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply
(idiom) too many to count; innumerable
many different types
Heping or Peace district (of many towns) / Heping district of Tianjin municipality 天津市 / Heping district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
much / very many
a certain number or amount / how many? / how much?
HSK 7-9
more hands than needed (idiom); too many cooks spoil the broth
life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise.
many years ago; in the past / in one's early years
HSK 7-9
year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years
in many stages / multilayered / multipronged (attack)
cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many
HSK 7-9
many thanks / thanks a lot
many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
many hands make light work (idiom)
many; diverse
tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc)
how many times / several times / how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle) / several degrees / to what degree; to what extent
many things arranged together, or connected together / to go on limitlessly
to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations / refers to the travels of Confucius
"exam master", sb who takes many exams and aces all of them
to include and monopolize many things / all-embracing
many-particle (physics)
several years / many years
for many generations
many-sided
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *番* | 番* | *番
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind; a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番 "to double")
HSK 6
before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved / many twists and turns to a story / one thing after another
race of several days / many day competition
names of many kinds (idiom); items of every description
absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view
many / much / a lot / lots and lots / more / even more
many stars / a vast sky full of stars
(idiom) to have had relationships with many women
(literary) like this / such (as this) / so much / so many
lit. there are many swift horses, but very few who can spot them (proverb) / fig. many have talent, but few can recognize talent when they see it
a few years; several years / how many years?
successive years / over many years
lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession
many hairs make a fur coat (idiom); many small contributions add up to sth big / many a mickle makes a muckle
Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs
Baal, god worshipped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities
Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu , collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝
(idiom) many little things add up to sth great; many little drops make an ocean
a close friend over many years
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *沓* | 沓* | *沓
again and again / many
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *众* | 众* | *众
(bound form) crowd; multitude / (bound form) many; numerous
(idiom) (under) the public eye; the stares of many people
the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister
Dongguan Hanji, a history of the Eastern Han dynasty consisting of 143 volumes compiled by many 1st and 2nd century authors
in many ways / from all sides
temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.)
many and complicated / mired in minor details
name used for many fishing birds / cormorant / osprey
vast / voluminous / many and varied / numerous / extensive amount of / exhaustive / heavy (expenditure) / arduous / strenuous / exhausting / draining / burdensome
many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan, with many Han, Wei and Jin dynasty royal tombs
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *那* | 那* | *那
(archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of
reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China)
dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power
seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom); seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing
many
to mention some but omit many others (idiom) / to leave out much more than one includes
(idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens
many and varied / of many different kinds
many-sided / versatile / various aspects / all-round / multidirectional
combining native and foreign methods (idiom); sophisticated and many-sided
for a long time / over many years / old / advanced in age
many and elaborate

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