数量
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)Old HSK 4
数量 (shùliàng) · quantity
数量 (shùliàng) means “quantity; amount; number”. It is written with 2 characters: 数 (to count) + 量 (to measure). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 数量 is built
The characters
数 shǔ · to count
What 数 is made of
- 娄lóu — a constellation
- 米mǐ — uncooked rice
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 木mù — tree
- 女nǚ — woman
- 米mǐ — uncooked rice
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
Origin hint: 攵 gives the meaning, 娄 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
量 liáng · to measure
What 量 is made of
- 旦dàn — dawn
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
- 里lǐ — unit of distance equal to 0.5km
- 田tián — field
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: 里 gives the meaning, 旦 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这次来的人数量很多。Zhè cì lái de rén shùliàng hěn duō.A large number of people came this time.
请检查一下商品的数量。Qǐng jiǎnchá yīxià shāngpǐn de shùliàng.Please check the quantity of the goods.
Questions about 数量
What does 数量 mean?
数量 (shùliàng) means “quantity; amount; number”.
How do you pronounce 数量?
数量 is pronounced shùliàng.
Which HSK level is 数量?
数量 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 大多数dàduōshùthe majority
- 多数duōshùmajority
- 分数fēnshùscore
- 人数rénshùnumber of people
- 少数shǎoshùfew
- 数字shùzìnumber
- 数据shùjùdata
- 数码shùmǎdigital
- 无数wúshùcountless
- 数学shùxuémathematics
Learn 数量 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 96: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.