HSK 5 · Function Words

无数 wúshù “countless” in Chinese

Traditional 無數

What 无数 means

  1. countless
  2. numberless
  3. innumerable

How to say 无数

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale无wú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale数shù4th tone, falling

无数 in a sentence

  1. 无数星星在天上闪烁。

    Wúshù xīngxing zài tiānshàng shǎnshuò.

    Countless stars were twinkling in the sky.

    Sentence #5767608 from Tatoeba

  2. 这本小说使无数女孩流下了眼泪。

    Zhè běn xiǎoshuō shǐ wúshù nǚhái liúxià le yǎnlèi.

    This novel has brought countless girls to tears.

    Sentence #351047 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 进入地球大气层后，小行星分裂成了无数的小块。

    Jìnrù dìqiú dàqìcéng hòu, xiǎoxíngxīng fēnliè chéng le wúshù de xiǎo kuài.

    After entering Earth’s atmosphere, the asteroid broke up into countless small pieces.

    Sentence #1749191 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 无数 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 无 (wú) with each of its parts in a different colour
无wúnot to have
  • 一one · yī
  • 尢lame · wāng
The character 数 (shù) with each of its parts in a different colour
数shùnumber; figure
  • 娄a constellation · LóuSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 娄 (Lóu) hints at the sound. Compare it with shù.

How to write 无数

无 4 strokes · 数 13 strokes

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无数 (wúshù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 无数 (wúshù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 无数

Words with 无

无wú · not to have无聊wúliáo · bored无论wúlùn · no matter what or how无法wúfǎ · to be unable to无奈wúnài · to have no alternative无所谓wúsuǒwèi · to not matter无赖wúlài · rogue无比wúbǐ · incomparable无耻wúchǐ · shameless无辜wúgū · innocent

Words with 数

数学shùxué · mathematics数量shùliàng · amount数字shùzì · numeral数shù · number数据shùjù · data数码shùmǎ · digital算数suànshù · to count (be valid)数额shù'é · amount

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万一wànyī · just in case唯一wéiyī · only未必wèibì · not necessarily勿wù · do not (formal显然xiǎnrán · clearly相当xiāngdāng · equivalent to相对xiāngduì · relatively相关xiāngguān · related

FAQs

无数 (wúshù) means “countless” or “numberless”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wúshù: wú with a 2nd tone, then shù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 无数 is written 無數. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wushu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 无数 from the suggestions. Typing wushu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
无数 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.