許多

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See also: 许多

Chinese

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to allow; to permit; to praise
to allow; to permit; to praise; surname
 
many; much; a lot of
many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
 
trad. (許多)
simp. (许多)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (32) (5)
Final () (22) (94)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter xjoX ta
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨʌX/ /tɑ/
Pan
Wuyun
/hiɔX/ /tɑ/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiɔX/ /tɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɨə̆X/ /ta/
Li
Rong
/xiɔX/ /tɑ/
Wang
Li
/xĭoX/ /tɑ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xi̯woX/ /tɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
duō
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
heoi2 do1

Adjective

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許多

  1. a considerable number of; a significant amount of; a good deal of; a lot of; many; much
    現在科學可以說明許多神秘 [MSC, trad.]
    现在科学可以说明许多神秘 [MSC, simp.]
    Xiànzài kēxué kěyǐ shuōmíng xǔduō shénmì de shì. [Pinyin]
    Science can now account for many mysterious things.
    冬天收集許多雪水準備夏天用來 [MSC, trad.]
    冬天收集许多雪水准备夏天用来 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā zài dōngtiān shōují le xǔduō xuěshuǐ, zhǔnbèi xiàtiān yònglái jiàng shǔ. [Pinyin]
    She collected lots of snow water in winter so as to reduce the heat in summer.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
きょ
Grade: 5

Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
巨多

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(きょ)() (kyota

  1. a great amount

Adjective

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(きょ)() (kyota-na (adnominal (きょ)() (kyota na), adverbial (きょ)() (kyota ni))

  1. many, much
Inflection
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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of 許多 – see the following entry.
数多あまた
[adverb] many, much
[noun] many
(This term, 許多, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN