多数
duō shùㄉㄨㄛ ㄕㄨˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: ĐA SỐ
Traditional: 多數
HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 4
Meaning(numeral)
majority; most
Often 大多数 (the vast majority). Opposite: 少数.
Examples
多数人同意这个计划。
duō shù rén tóng yì zhè ge jì huà.
Most people agree with this plan.
班里多数同学是女生。
bān lǐ duō shù tóng xué shì nǚ shēng.
Most of the students in the class are girls.
我们公司的员工多数是年轻人。
wǒ men gōng sī de yuán gōng duō shù shì nián qīng rén.
Most of our company's employees are young.
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Stroke order
ĐA · 6 strokes
many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
SÁC · 13 strokes
to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list
Related words
- 多 duō — many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 多少 duō shǎo — number; amount; somewhat
- 多少 duō shao — how much?; how many?; (phone number, student ID etc) what number?
- 多么 duō me — how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent
- 许多 xǔ duō — many; a lot of; much
- 差不多 chà bu duō — almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad
- 多余 duō yú — superfluous; unnecessary; surplus
- 多亏 duō kuī — thanks to; luckily