Chinese symbol for “amount”
数量
shù liàng
Traditional: 數量
amount; quantity; quantitative; (math.) scalar quantity
The closest CC-CEDICT match for amount is 数量 (shù liàng), defined as: amount; quantity; quantitative; (math.) scalar quantity.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “amount”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 数目 (數目) | shù mù | amount; number |
| 数额 (數額) | shù é | amount; sum of money |
| 多少 | duō shǎo | number; amount; somewhat |
| 数字 (數字) | shù zì | numeral; digit |
| 量 | liàng | capacity; quantity |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 数量.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 数据 (數據) | shù jù | data |
| 人数 (人數) | rén shù | number of people |
| 数字 (數字) | shù zì | numeral; digit |
| 多数 (多數) | duō shù | majority; most |
| 少数 (少數) | shǎo shù | small number; few |
| 力量 | lì liang | power; force; strength |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 质量 (質量) | zhì liàng | (physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “amount”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.