HSK 4 · Function Words

许多 xǔduō “many” in Chinese

Traditional 許多

What 许多 means

  1. many
  2. a lot of
  3. much

How to say 许多

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale许xǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale多duō1st tone, high and level

许多 in a sentence

  1. 许多学生喜欢在早上学习。

    Xǔduō xuésheng xǐhuan zài zǎoshang xuéxí.

    Many students like to study in the morning.

    Sentence #1783903 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 街道两边有许多商店。

    Jiēdào liǎngbiān yǒu xǔduō shāngdiàn.

    There are lots of shops on both sides of the street.

    Sentence #1946922 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我有许多问题。

    Wǒ yǒu xǔduō wèntí.

    I have a lot of questions.

    Sentence #5702559 from Tatoeba

How 许多 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 许 (xǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
许xǔto allow
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 午part of the characterSound part
The character 多 (duō) with each of its parts in a different colour
多duōmany; much; more; a lot of
  • 夕evening · xī
  • 夕evening · xī

Memory aidTwo 夕 shapes stacked up: many.

How to write 许多

许 6 strokes · 多 6 strokes

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

Words related to 许多

Words with 许

允许yǔnxǔ · to permit也许yěxǔ · perhaps或许huòxǔ · perhaps许可xǔkě · to permit

Words with 多

多duō · many多少duōshǎo · how many多么duōme · how好多hǎoduō · a lot of差不多chàbuduō · almost多余duōyú · superfluous多亏duōkuī · thanks to多元化duōyuánhuà · diversification见多识广jiànduōshíguǎng · well-informed and experienced

More words: Particles & Connectors

挺tǐng · quite完全wánquán · complete往往wǎngwǎng · usually无论wúlùn · no matter what or how呀ya · (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel要是yàoshi · if也许yěxǔ · perhaps页yè · page

FAQs

许多 (xǔduō) means “many” or “a lot of”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it xǔduō: xǔ with a 3rd tone, then duō with a 1st 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, 许多 is written 許多. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuduo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 许多 from the suggestions. Typing xuduo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
许多 is an HSK 4 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.