許多

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See also: 许多

Chinese

 
to allow; to permit; to praise
to allow; to permit; to praise; surname
 
many; much; a lot of
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
trad. (許多)
simp. (许多)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (5)
Final () (22) (94)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter xjoX ta
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨʌX/ /tɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/hiɔX/ /tɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiɔX/ /tɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɨə̆X/ /ta/
Li
Rong
/xiɔX/ /tɑ/
Wang
Li
/xĭoX/ /tɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯woX/ /tɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
duō
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
heoi2 do1

Adjective

許多

  1. a considerable number of; a significant amount of; a good deal of; a lot of; many; much
    現在科學可以說明許多神秘 [MSC, trad.]
    现在科学可以说明许多神秘 [MSC, simp.]
    Xiànzài kēxué kěyǐ shuōmíng xǔduō shénmì de shì.
    Science can now account for many mysterious things.
    冬天收集許多雪水準備夏天用來 [MSC, trad.]
    冬天收集许多雪水准备夏天用来 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zài dōngtiān shōují le xǔduō xuěshuǐ, zhǔnbèi xiàtiān yònglái jiàng shǔ.
    She collected lots of snow water in winter so as to reduce the heat in summer.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きょ
Grade: 5

Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
巨多

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

(きょ)() (kyota

  1. a great amount

Adjective

(きょ)() (kyota-na (adnominal (きょ)() (kyota na), adverbial (きょ)() (kyota ni))

  1. many, much
Inflection

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 許多 – see the following entry.
数多あまた
many, much
many
(This term, 許多, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN