🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

许多

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xǔduō

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Many/ˈmɛni/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"许多人参加了音乐会。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    A large number of.

    "Many people attended the concert."
As pronoun
  1. 1

    Used to refer to a large number of people or things.

    "Many of them were excited about the event."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'many' originates from the Old English 'manig', which is related to the Proto-Germanic '*managaz'. Over time, it evolved in usage to denote a large number or quantity, reflecting a shift from a more general sense of 'numerous' to its current specific usage in English.

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