多数

Character by character

• 多duō6 strokesHSK 1much, many; more than, over
• 数shù13 strokesHSK 2 traditional 數number; several, count; fate

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 多数. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 多duōHSK 1

  many; much; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duó]); (bound form) multi-; poly-

• 多少duō shǎoHSK 1

  number; amount; somewhat

• 数shùHSK 2

  number; figure; several; a few

• 许多xǔ duōHSK 2

  many; a lot of; much

• 数据shù jùHSK 4

  data

• 数字shù zìHSK 2

  numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc)

• 好多hǎo duōHSK 2

  many; quite a lot; much better

• 多么duō meHSK 2

  how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent

• 差不多chà bu duōHSK 2

  almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad

• 大多数dà duō shùHSK 2

  (great) majority

• 多久duō jiǔHSK 2

  (of time) how long?; (not) a long time

• 数量shù liàngHSK 3

  amount; quantity; quantitative

• 数学shù xué

  mathematics; mathematical

• 人数rén shùHSK 2

  number of people

• 无数wú shùHSK 4

  countless; numberless; innumerable

• 多年duō niánHSK 4

  many years; for many years; longstanding

• 多次duō cìHSK 4

  many times; repeatedly

• 众多zhòng duōHSK 5

  numerous

• 多云duō yúnHSK 2

  cloudy (meteorology)

• 指数zhǐ shùHSK 6

  (numerical, statistical) index; (math.) exponent; index; exponential (function, growth)

• 少数shǎo shùHSK 2

  small number; few; minority

• 数据库shù jù kùHSK 7

  database

• 大多dà duōHSK 4

  for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly

• 多年来duō nián láiHSK 7

  for the past many years