Chinese symbol for “number”
多少
duō shǎo
number; amount; somewhat
The closest CC-CEDICT match for number is 多少 (duō shǎo), defined as: number; amount; somewhat.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “number”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 数 (數) | shù | number; figure; several; a few |
| 号码 (號碼) | hào mǎ | number; measure word: 堆 (duī), 个 (gè) |
| 编号 (編號) | biān hào | to number; to assign numbers; serial number |
| 数码 (數碼) | shù mǎ | number; numerals |
| 多寡 | duō guǎ | number; amount |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 多少.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 许多 (許多) | xǔ duō | many; a lot of |
| 多年 | duō nián | many years; for many years |
| 多数 (多數) | duō shù | majority; most |
| 多么 (多麼) | duō me | how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc) |
| 减少 (減少) | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 至少 | zhì shǎo | at least; (to say the) least |
| 不少 | bù shǎo | many; quite a few; a good number of |
| 少数 (少數) | shǎo shù | small number; few |
See also: Japanese symbol for “number”.
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.