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许多

xǔ duō

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

许多 (xǔ duō) means "many". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 许多 means

1. many
2. a lot of
3. much

The characters in 许多

• 许xǔto allow; to permit; to promise
• 多duōmany; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd

Example sentences

• 你有许多书。
  You have many books.
• 我有许多唱片。
  I have many discs.
• 我有许多问题。
  I have a lot of questions.
• 我有许多主意。
  I've got lots of ideas.
• 许多名人来这里。
  Xǔduō míngrén lái zhèlǐ.
  Lots of famous people come here.
• 京都有许多神社。
  Jīngdū yǒu xǔduō shénshè.
  There are many shrines in Kyoto.

Where 许多 is taught

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

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xǔ duō correctly.
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