不
少

Many in Chinese: 不少 (bù shǎo)

bù shǎo

many

HSK 3.0 Level 21 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1many
  2. 2a lot
  3. 3not few

Stroke order

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不
少

Zhuyin

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ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄕㄠˇ

shǎo

ㄕ/ shㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Example sentences

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  • 今天来的人不少。

    jīn tiān lái de rén bù shǎo。

    Quite a lot of people came today.

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Related words

不

bù

no

少

shǎo

few

多少

duō shǎo

number

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

不过

bù guò

only

不仅

bù jǐn

not just

减少

jiǎn shǎo

to lessen

缺少

quē shǎo

lack

至少

zhì shǎo

at least

不安

bù ān

unpeaceful

不必

bù bì

need not

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