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数量

shù liàng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 數量

数量 (shù liàng) means "amount". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 数量 means

1. amount; quantity
2. quantitative
3. mathscalar quantity

The characters in 数量

• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount

Example sentences

• 数量不如质量。
  Quality is more important than quantity.
• 但是，数量不对。
  However, the quantity was not correct.
• 汽车的数量在增长。
  The number of cars is on the increase.
• 您能估计一下数量吗？
  Nín néng gūjì yīxià shùliàng ma?
  Could you give me a ball-park figure?
• 对我来说，质量不如数量。
  Duìwǒláishuō, zhìliàng bù rú shùliàng.
  I put quantity after quality.
• 近年的游客数量大幅增加。
  Jìnnián de yóukè shùliàng dàfú zēngjiā.
  The number of tourists has increased greatly in recent years.

Words starting with 数量

• 数量级shù liàng jí(math) order of magnitude
• 数量积shù liàng jīscalar product (of vectors)
• 数量分析shù liàng fēn xīquantitative analysis
• 数量词shù liàng cínumeral-classifier compound (e.g. 一次

Words containing 数量

• 代数量dài shù liàngalgebraic quantity

Where 数量 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Academic study & education (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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