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

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chung-tô
  - Hakka Romanization System: zung do^ˊ
  - 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/

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	/t͡ɕɨuŋ^H/	/tɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕiuŋ^H/	/tɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕiuŋ^H/	/tɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuwŋ^H/	/ta/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕiuŋ^H/	/tɑ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭuŋ^H/	/tɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯uŋ^H/	/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	‹ tsyuwng^H ›	‹ 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

many; numerous; multitudinous

Synonyms

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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)