多 少 duō shǎo number / amount / somewhat 数 字 shù zì numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] 数 码 shù mǎ number / numerals / figures / digital / amount / numerical code 号 码 hào mǎ number / CL:堆[dui1],個|个[ge4] 编 号 biān hào to number / numbering / serial number 数 目 shù mù amount / number 刊 号 kān hào issue (of journal) / number 多 寡 duō guǎ number / amount 电 话 diàn huà telephone / CL:部[bu4] / phone call / CL:通[tong1] / phone number 次 数 cì shù number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.) 第 一 dì yī first / number one / primary 第 二 dì èr second / number two / next / secondary 多 少 duō shao how much? / how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? 人 数 rén shù number of people 第 三 dì sān third / number three 点 击 数 diǎn jī shù number of clicks / number of hits (on a website) 帐 号 zhàng hào account number 第 二 次 dì èr cì the second time / second / number two 第 四 dì sì fourth / number four 若 干 ruò gān a certain number or amount / how many? / how much? 序 号 xù hào ordinal number / serial number / sequence number 人 次 rén cì person-times / visits / classifier for number of people participating 少 数 shǎo shù small number / few / minority 航 班 háng bān scheduled flight / flight number / plane / scheduled sailing / sailing number / passenger ship 电 话 号 码 diàn huà hào mǎ telephone number / CL:串[chuan4] 控 股 kòng gǔ to own a controlling number of shares in a company 二 次 èr cì second (i.e. number two) / second time / twice / (math.) quadratic (of degree two) 字 数 zì shù number of written characters / number of words / word count 户 口 hù kǒu population (counted as number of households for census or taxation) / registered residence / residence permit / (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account 个 数 gè shù number of items or individuals 增 多 zēng duō to increase / to grow in number 悠 悠 yōu yōu lasting for ages / long drawn out / remote in time or space / unhurried / a great number (of events) / preposterous / pensive 拨 号 bō hào to dial a telephone number 上 扬 shàng yáng to rise (i.e. number increases) / a price rise / to raise 年 限 nián xiàn age limit / fixed number of years 序 列 号 xù liè hào serial number / product key (software) 数 额 shù é amount / sum of money / fixed number 恰 好 qià hǎo as it turns out / by lucky coincidence / (of number, time, size etc) just right 传 真 号 码 chuán zhēn hào mǎ fax number 顶 尖 dǐng jiān peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field) 名 额 míng é quota / number of places / place (in an institution, a group etc) 天 下 第 一 tiān xià dì yī first under heaven / number one in the country 字 号 zì hào characters and numbers (as used in a code) / alphanumeric code / serial number 第 三 者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list 转 速 zhuàn sù angular velocity / number of revolutions per minute 人 头 rén tóu person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) 头 号 tóu hào first rate / top rank / number one 多 头 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) 页 码 yè mǎ page number 倒 数 dào shù inverse number / reciprocal (math.) 票 数 piào shù number of votes / poll count 版 次 bǎn cì edition (of a book etc) / edition number 半 数 bàn shù half the number / half 世 界 第 一 shì jiè dì yī ranked number one in the world / the world's first 基 数 jī shù cardinal number / (math.) radix / base 小 号 xiǎo hào trumpet / small size (clothes etc) / (coll.) number one / to urinate / (humble) our store 整 数 zhěng shù whole number / integer (math.) / round figure 相 公 xiàng gong lord / master / young gentleman / male prostitute / catamite / mahjong player disqualified by unintentionally taking in the wrong number of dominoes / (old form of address for one's husband) husband 批 号 pī hào lot number / batch number 繁 衍 fán yǎn to multiply / to reproduce / to increase gradually in number or quantity 音 轨 yīn guǐ sound track / track number (e.g. on a CD) 口 子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent 场 次 chǎng cì the number of showings of a movie, play etc / screening / performance 死 亡 人 数 sǐ wáng rén shù number of people killed / death toll 身 份 证 号 码 shēn fèn zhèng hào mǎ I.D. number 大 号 dà hào tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name / (coll.) number two / to defecate 批 准 文 号 pī zhǔn wén hào (drug etc) approval number 翻 番 fān fān to double / to increase by a certain number of times 蝉 联 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship 海 选 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition 小 数 xiǎo shù small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction 不 计 其 数 bù jì qí shù lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom) / fig. countless / innumerable 成 片 chéng piàn (of a large number of things) to form an expanse / to cover an area 班 次 bān cì grade / class number (in school) / flight or run number / flight or run (seen as an item) / shift (work period) 尾 数 wěi shù remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) 学 号 xué hào student ID number 首 屈 一 指 shǒu qū yī zhǐ to count as number one (idiom) / second to none / outstanding 号 外 hào wài (newspaper) extra / special number (of a periodical) 门 牌 mén pái door plate / house number 寥 寥 无 几 liáo liáo wú jǐ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. 复 数 fù shù plural / complex number (math.) 单 数 dān shù positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar) 度 数 dù shu number of degrees / reading (on a meter) / strength (alcohol, lenses etc) 印 次 yìn cì number of print run 字 头 zì tóu first letter of a word or serial number / first character of a Chinese word / first digit of a number / the top part (esp. a radical) of a Chinese character / the initial of a Chinese syllable 号 牌 hào pái license plate / number plate 大 数 dà shù a large number 订 单 号 dìng dān hào order number 靓 号 liàng hào desirable number (for one's telephone, license plate etc) (i.e. one that includes memorable or auspicious combinations of digits) 负 数 fù shù negative number 套 数 tào shù song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses) 奇 数 jī shù odd number 举 世 无 双 jǔ shì wú shuāng unrivaled (idiom) / world number one / unique / unequaled 偶 数 ǒu shù even number 年 号 nián hào reign title / era name (name for either the entire reign of an emperor or one part of it) / year number (such as 2016 or 甲子) 堆 积 如 山 duī jī rú shān to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth 定 数 dìng shù constant (math.) / quota / fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus) / fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck) / destiny 合 数 hé shù composite number (i.e. not prime, has a factorization) 车 号 chē hào vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number) 马 赫 Mǎ hè Mach (name) / Ernst Mach (1838-1916), German physicist / Mach number (fluid mechanics)