許多

See also: 许多

Chinese

 
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) 許 多
simp. (许多) 许 多

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 許 多
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 端 (5)
Final (韻) 魚 (22) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 虚吕切 得何切
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
xǔ duō
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
heoi2 do1

Adjective

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的事。 [MSC, trad.]
    现在科学可以说明许多神秘的事。 [MSC, simp.]
    Xiànzài kēxué kěyǐ shuōmíng xǔduō shénmì de shì. [Pinyin]
    Science can now account for many mysterious things.
    她在冬天收集了許多雪水,準備夏天用來降暑。 [MSC, trad.]
    她在冬天收集了许多雪水,准备夏天用来降暑。 [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

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
許 多
きょ
Grade: 5
た
Grade: 2
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
巨多

Pronunciation

Noun

許(きょ)多(た) • (kyota) 

  1. a great amount

Adjective

許(きょ)多(た) • (kyota) -na (adnominal 許(きょ)多(た)な (kyota na), adverbial 許(きょ)多(た)に (kyota ni))

  1. many, much
Inflection

Etymology 2

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

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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