眾多

See also: 衆多 and 众多

Chinese

		numerous; multitude; crowd	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
trad. (眾多/衆多)		眾/衆	多
simp. (众多)		众	多

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhòngduō

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung³ do¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chung-tô
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiòng-to / chiòng-to͘ / chèng-to

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng³ do¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngduō
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngduo
    • Wade–Giles: chung⁴-to¹
    • Yale: jùng-dwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqduo
    • Palladius: чжундо (čžundo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung³ do¹
    • Yale: jung dō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung³ do¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung³ do¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ³³ tɔː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chung-tô
    • Hakka Romanization System: zung do´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zung⁴ do¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ⁵⁵ to²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiòng-to
    • Tâi-lô: tsiòng-to
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciorngdoy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiòng-to͘
    • Tâi-lô: tsiòng-too
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciorngdof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-to
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-to
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangdoy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng³ do¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsèng to
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ to³³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyuwngH ta

Rime
Character	眾	多
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	東 (2)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	之仲切	得何切
Baxter	tsyuwngH	ta
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨuŋH/	/tɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiuŋH/	/tɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiuŋH/	/tɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuwŋH/	/ta/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuŋH/	/tɑ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuŋH/	/tɑ/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯uŋH/	/tɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhòng	duō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zung3	do1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tuŋ-s  [t.l]ˤaj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjuŋs  ʔl'aːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	眾	多
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhòng	duō
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyuwngH ›	‹ ta ›
Old Chinese	/*tuŋ-s/	/*[t.l]ˁaj/
English	numerous	many
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	眾	多
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	17491	2637
Phonetic component	衆	多
Rime group	終	歌
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	衆	多
Old Chinese	/*tjuŋs/	/*ʔl'aːl/
Notes	甲文象日下三人， 金文或改目下， 表衆人在監督下勞作	甲金文從二肉非二夕

Adjective

眾多

1. many; numerous; multitudinous

Synonyms

• 一系列 (yīxìliè)
• 不少 (bùshǎo)
• 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
• 儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary)
• 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
• 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
• 好些 (hǎoxiē)
• 好多 (hǎoduō)
• 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
• 幾多／几多 (gei² do¹) (Cantonese)
• 廣／广 (literary, or in compounds)
• 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
• 延延 (yányán) (literary)
• 很多 (hěnduō)
• 𣍐少／𫧃少 (Hokkien)
• 浩瀚 (hàohàn)
• 浩繁 (hàofán)
• 百
• 繁多 (fánduō)
• 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
• 許多／许多 (xǔduō)
• 諸多／诸多 (zhūduō)
• 颮颮／飑飑 (literary)