"Quantity" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shù liàng amount / quantity / CL:個|个[ge4] / quantitative
 fèn liang quantity / weight / measure
 dìng liàng quantity / fixed amount / ration
 liàng capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word
 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous
 bù xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc)
 hán liàng content / quantity contained
 rè liàng heat / quantity of heat / calorific value
 yòng liàng quantity used / usage / consumption / dose
 chǔ liàng remaining quantity / reserves (of natural resources, oil etc)
 diàn liàng quantity of electric charge or current
 shuǐ liàng volume of water / quantity of flow
 fán yǎn to multiply / to reproduce / to increase gradually in number or quantity
 mò mò wú wén obscure and unknown (idiom) / an outsider without any reputation / a nobody / an unknown quantity
 shí gé separated in time (usu. followed by a quantity of time)
 wèi zhī shù unknown quantity
 jiàng shuǐ liàng precipitation (meteorology) / measured quantity of rain
 shí liàng quantity of food one eats / food intake
 jiàng yǔ liàng precipitation / quantity of rainfall
 qì liàng (lit. quantity of spirit) / moral character / degree of forbearance / broad-mindedness or otherwise / tolerance / magnanimity
 jù liàng huge quantity / massive
 dìng shù constant (math.) / quota / fixed number (e.g. of places on a bus) / fixed quantity (e.g. load of truck) / destiny
 xiǎo liàng a small quantity
 kāi fāng (medicine) to write out a prescription / (math.) to extract a root from a given quantity
 cān liàng parameter (math) / quantity used as a parameter / modulus (math.)
 biāo liàng scalar quantity
 jù shā chéng tǎ sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom) / by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity / many a mickle makes a muckle
 jī to amass / to accumulate / to store / measured quantity (such as area of volume) / product (the result of multiplication) / to integrate (math.) / to solve (or integrate) an ordinary differential equation (math.) / old / long-standing
 líng zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither
 hū to cook in a small quantity of water
 Qǐ zǐ zhī lín forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom) / fig. great quantity of talent
 chá shuǐ tea prepared in large quantity using inexpensive tea leaves
 hán shā liàng sand content / quantity of sediment (carried by a river)
 zī liào liàng quantity of data
 wù lǐ liàng physical quantity
 bù biàn liàng invariant quantity / invariant (math.)
 dài shù liàng algebraic quantity
 guāng liàng quantity of light / luminosity
 shēng dǒu liter and decaliter dry measure / (fig.) meager quantity of foodstuff
 jǐ hé liàng geometric quantity
 hū wēi minuscule quantity / minor matter
 gài shù approximate number / imprecise indication of quantity (e.g. 十幾|十几[shi2 ji3], 兩三百|两三百[liang3 san1 bai3], 一千多[yi1 qian1 duo1])
 hǎi shā wū house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand
 bǔ chōng liàng complement / complementary quantity
 shū shā liàng quantity of sand (transported by a river) / sediment content
 qí tóu at the same time / simultaneously / (when stating a quantity that is a round number) exactly
  influence quantity
  net explosive quantity
  ecosystem quantity
  Expert Group on Price and Quantity Comparisons
  significant quantity
 zhòng liàng qīng zhì to value quantity over quality
 biān chǎo to stir-fry in a small quantity of oil
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