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无数 wúshù

无数 wúshù Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 无数 wúshù .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wúshù | wu2 shu4
English translation
countless
numberless
innumerable

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About 无数 wúshù

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Traditional form

無數

Part of speech

Numeral / 数词 shù cí Shù cí
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Etymology of 无数 wúshù

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Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a person () dancing with ornamental leather hides () hanging from his arms, conveying the meaning "dance". Later, two feet ( chuǎn ) were added to the bottom of the character to form (dance), and was borrowed for its sound to re

Positional decomposition

一尢

Number of Strokes

4
shǔ

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of shù . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and lóu represents the sound.

Phonetic compound

lóu

Semantic compound

Positional decomposition

娄攵

Number of Strokes

13

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Example sentences using 无数 wúshù

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Hòu , zài 思索 sīsuǒ le , 机械 jīxiè de zài Zhāng 信笺 xìn jiān shǎng 画了无数 wúshù de xiǎo 圆圈 yuán quān .

Finally, unable to concentrate any longer, she fell to doodling on the writing pad.

无数 wúshù de 经验 jīngyàn 使 shǐ duì 她们 tā men bào zhāo zhǒng 讥嘲不屑 bù xiè de 态度 tàidu .

He maintained a cynical attitude, well grounded on numerous experiences.

告诉 gàosu 无数 wúshù jiào yāo 那么 nà me zuò .

He's told me times without number not to do that.

Cóng 主要 zhǔyào 公路 gōng lù shǎng fēn chū 无数 wúshù 小道 xiǎo dào .

Numerous lesser roads branched off from the main highway.

天上 tiān shàng 无数 wúshù de 星星 xīng xing 我们 wǒmen tài yuǎn le .

The innumerable stars in the sky are too far from us.

无数 wúshù Decomposition

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无数 wúshù Compounds

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