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See also: 数量

Chinese

number; figure; to count
number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
 
capacity; quantity; amount
capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; to measure
 
trad. (數量)
simp. (数量)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/3 2/2
Initial () (21) (37)
Final () (24) (105)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter srjuH ljangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃɨoH/ /lɨɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃioH/ /liɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃioH/ /liɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂuə̆H/ /lɨaŋH/
Li
Rong
/ʃioH/ /liaŋH/
Wang
Li
/ʃĭuH/ /lĭaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʂi̯uH/ /li̯aŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shù liàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
so3 loeng6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 2/3 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shù liàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ srjuH › ‹ ljangH ›
Old
Chinese
/*s-roʔ-s/ /*aŋ-s/
English number (n.) measure (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 2/3 2/2
No. 8508 8065
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sros/ /*raŋs/

Noun

數量

  1. amount; quantity; number (Classifier: m)
    數量限制数量限制  ―  shùliàng xiànzhì  ―  quantitative restrictions
    數量分析数量分析  ―  shùliàng fēnxī  ―  quantitative analysis
    數量控制数量控制  ―  shùliàng kòngzhì  ―  quantity control

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (數量):

See also

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of 數量 – see the following entry.
数量すうりょう
quantity
(This term, 數量, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

數量 (suryang) (hangeul 수량)

  1. hanja form? of 수량 (quantity; amount)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

數量

  1. chữ Hán form of số lượng (quantity; amount).