就 jiù (after a suppositional clause) in that case / then / (after a clause of action) as soon as / immediately after / (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely / nothing else but / simply / just / precisely / exactly / only / as little as / as much as / as many as / to approach / to move towards / to undertake / to engage in / (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to / concerning / (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ... syn 那 nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] syn 多 duō many / much / more / a lot of / too many / in excess / (after a numeral) ... odd / how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]) / (bound form) multi- / poly- syn 几 幾 jǐ how much / how many / several / a few syn 种 種 zhǒng seed / species / kind / type / classifier for types, kinds, sorts syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 多少 duō shao how much? / how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? syn 多谢 多謝 duō xiè many thanks / thanks a lot syn 许多 許多 xǔ duō many / a lot of / much syn 不少 bù shǎo many / a lot / not few syn 千万 千萬 qiān wàn ten million / countless / many / one must by all means syn 好多 hǎo duō many / quite a lot / much better syn 百 bǎi hundred / numerous / all kinds of syn 各种 各種 gè zhǒng every kind of / all kinds of / various 多年 duō nián many years / for many years / longstanding syn 往往 wǎng wǎng usually / in many cases / more often than not syn 各种各样 各種各樣 gè zhǒng gè yàng various kinds / all sorts syn 多次 duō cì many times / repeatedly syn 大多 dà duō for the most part / many / most / the greater part / mostly syn 多多 duō duō many / much / a lot / lots and lots / more / even more syn 千真万确 千真萬確 qiān zhēn wàn què absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view syn 种种 種種 zhǒng zhǒng all kinds of syn 武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times) / all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development) / self-defense / tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage) / also called kungfu 功夫 / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 多种 多種 duō zhǒng many kinds of / multiple / diverse / multi- syn 各式各样 各式各樣 gè shì gè yàng (of) all kinds and sorts / various syn 若干 ruò gān a certain number or amount / how many? / how much? syn 样样 樣樣 yàng yàng all kinds 繁星 fán xīng many stars / a vast sky full of stars syn 少不了 shǎo bu liǎo cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many syn 世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age syn 受尽 受盡 shòu jìn to suffer enough from / to suffer all kinds of / to have one's fill of 过多 過多 guò duō too many / excessive syn 诡计多端 詭計多端 guǐ jì duō duān deceitful in many ways (idiom) / wily and mischievous / full of craft and cunning syn 早年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years syn 此类 此類 cǐ lèi this kind / these kinds / such syn 形形色色 xíng xíng sè sè all kinds of / all sorts of / every (different) kind of syn 繁琐 繁瑣 fán suǒ many and complicated / mired in minor details syn 数不胜数 數不勝數 shǔ bù shèng shǔ (idiom) too many to count / innumerable syn 各色 gè sè all kinds / of every description 倍增 bèi zēng to double / to redouble / to increase many times over / to multiply by a factor / multiplication syn 数万 數萬 shù wàn several tens of thousands / many thousand 如来 如來 rú lái tathagata (Buddha's name for himself, having many layers of meaning - Sanskrit: thus gone, having been Brahman, gone to the absolute etc) 繁杂 繁雜 fán zá many / diverse syn 多方 duō fāng in many ways / from all sides syn 五花八门 五花八門 wǔ huā bā mén myriad / all kinds of / all sorts of syn 寥寥无几 寥寥無幾 liáo liáo wú jǐ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. syn 多方面 duō fāng miàn many-sided / in many aspects syn 繁多 fán duō many and varied / of many different kinds syn 各样 各樣 gè yàng many different types syn 何其 hé qí (literary) (similar to 多麼|多么[duo1 me5], used before an adjective in exclamations) how (fortunate etc) / so (many etc) syn 百花 bǎi huā all kinds of flowers 大杂院 大雜院 dà zá yuàn compound with many families living together 寡不敌众 寡不敵眾 guǎ bù dí zhòng the few are no match for the many / heavily outnumbered / facing impossible odds (idiom) syn 单方 單方 dān fāng unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1]) / metaphorically. a good solution syn 慢车 慢車 màn chē local bus or train / slow train with many stops 丞相 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister syn 连年 連年 lián nián successive years / over many years syn 一波三折 yī bō sān zhé calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns syn 长年累月 長年累月 cháng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years syn 罄竹难书 罄竹難書 qìng zhú nán shū so many that the bamboo slats have been exhausted / innumerable crimes (idiom) / see also 罄筆難書|罄笔难书[qing4 bi3 nan2 shu1] syn 多姿 duō zī many postures syn 百闻不如一见 百聞不如一見 bǎi wén bù rú yī jiàn seeing once is better than hearing a hundred times (idiom) / seeing for oneself is better than hearing from many others / seeing is believing 僧多粥少 sēng duō zhōu shǎo lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom) / fig. not enough to go around / demand exceeds supply syn 庞杂 龐雜 páng zá complex / complicated / many and varied syn 走穴 zǒu xué (of itinerant entertainers) to tour, playing in many venues 类书 類書 lèi shū reference book consisting of material quoted from many sources, arranged by category (about 600 of which were compiled between the 3rd and 18th centuries in China) 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn 云云 yún yún and so on / so and so / many and confused syn 几许 幾許 jǐ xǔ (literary) how many / quite a few syn 千姿百态 千姿百態 qiān zī bǎi tài (idiom) to come in many different shapes / to display a great variety of forms syn 举一反三 舉一反三 jǔ yī fǎn sān to raise one and infer three / to deduce many things from one case (idiom) syn 雨后春笋 雨後春筍 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom) / fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession syn 偏食 piān shí partial to (some kinds of food, usu. unhealthy) / having likes and dislikes / partial eclipse syn 硕果累累 碩果累累 shuò guǒ lěi lěi heavily laden with fruit / fertile (of trees) / many noteworthy achievements syn 名目繁多 míng mù fán duō names of many kinds (idiom) / items of every description syn 门庭若市 門庭若市 mén tíng ruò shì front yard as busy as a marketplace (idiom) / a place with many visitors syn 纷纭 紛紜 fēn yún diverse and muddled / many and confused syn 万变不离其宗 萬變不離其宗 wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom) / plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose syn 几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few / several / how many 多个 多個 duō ge many / multiple / multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) 这么多 這麼多 zhè me duō so many / so much 几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years / several years / how many years? 多年来 多年來 duō nián lái for the past many years syn 数年 數年 shù nián several years / many years 百家 bǎi jiā many schools of thought / many people or households 几多 幾多 jǐ duō (dialect) how much / how many / how (smart etc) / such ... syn 颇多 頗多 pō duō (quite) a lot / many 特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia 几样 幾樣 jǐ yàng several kinds 五味 wǔ wèi the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors 错爱 錯愛 cuò ài misplaced kindness / humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses. 百草 bǎi cǎo all kinds of grass / all kinds of flora 佛号 佛號 fó hào one of the many names of Buddha 须弥 須彌 xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues 多方位 duō fāng wèi many-sided / versatile / various aspects / all-round / multidirectional 诸般 諸般 zhū bān various / many different kinds of 百花园 百花園 bǎi huā yuán Garden of Many Flowers (name) / Baihua garden in Hongmiao village 洪廟村|洪庙村[Hong2 miao4 cun1], Shandong 如许 如許 rú xǔ (literary) like this / such (as this) / so much / so many 故知 gù zhī a close friend over many years 