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 许多 許多 xǔ duō many / a lot of / much syn 多少 duō shao how much? / how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? syn 往往 wǎng wǎng usually / in many cases / more often than not syn 千万 千萬 qiān wàn ten million / countless / many / one must by all means syn 若干 ruò gān a certain number or amount / how many? / how much? syn 清醒 qīng xǐng clear-headed / sober / awake syn 冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm / cool-headed / dispassionate / (of a place) deserted / quiet syn 世代 shì dài for many generations / generation / era / age syn 几多 幾多 jǐ duō (dialect) how much / how many / how (smart etc) / such ... syn 几许 幾許 jǐ xǔ (literary) how many / quite a few syn 连年 連年 lián nián successive years / over many years syn 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 如许 如許 rú xǔ (literary) like this / such (as this) / so much / so many 秃子 禿子 tū zi bald-headed person / baldy syn 长年累月 長年累月 cháng nián lěi yuè year in, year out (idiom) / (over) many years syn 天珠 tiān zhū dzi bead, a type of stone bead highly prized in Tibet for many centuries, reputed to hold supernatural power 丢三落四 丟三落四 diū sān là sì forgetful / empty-headed syn 番 fān (bound form) foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort / (classifier) a kind / a sort / (classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double") syn 很多 hěn duō very many / very much / great (quantity) syn 几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few / several / how many 不少 bù shǎo many / a lot / not few syn 多种 多種 duō zhǒng many kinds of / multiple / diverse / multi- syn 多年 duō nián many years / for many years / longstanding syn 多个 多個 duō ge many / multiple / multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) 好多 hǎo duō many / quite a lot / much better syn 这么多 這麼多 zhè me duō so many / so much 多次 duō cì many times / repeatedly syn 多多 duō duō many / much / a lot / lots and lots / more / even more syn 大多 dà duō for the most part / many / most / the greater part / mostly syn 几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years / several years / how many years? 过多 過多 guò duō too many / excessive syn 多谢 多謝 duō xiè many thanks / thanks a lot syn 多年来 多年來 duō nián lái for the past many years syn 各样 各樣 gè yàng many different types syn 多方面 duō fāng miàn many-sided / in many aspects syn 为首 為首 wéi shǒu head / be headed by syn 多方 duō fāng in many ways / from all sides syn 混沌 hùn dùn primal chaos (original state of the universe in Chinese mythology) / (of a situation) confused / chaotic / (of a person) muddle-headed / simple-minded syn 数万 數萬 shù wàn several tens of thousands / many thousand 数年 數年 shù nián several years / many years 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) 迷糊 mí hu muddle-headed / dazed / only half conscious syn 少不了 shǎo bu liǎo cannot do without / to be unavoidable / are bound to be many syn 百家 bǎi jiā many schools of thought / many people or households 多姿 duō zī many postures syn 早年 zǎo nián many years ago / in the past / in one's early years syn 丞相 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister syn 繁多 fán duō many and varied / of many different kinds syn 繁琐 繁瑣 fán suǒ many and complicated / mired in minor details syn 倍增 bèi zēng to double / to redouble / to increase many times over / to multiply by a factor / multiplication syn 繁星 fán xīng many stars / a vast sky full of stars syn 颇多 頗多 pō duō (quite) a lot / many 云云 yún yún and so on / so and so / many and confused syn 繁杂 繁雜 fán zá many / diverse syn 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 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 鲁莽 魯莽 lǔ mǎng hot-headed / impulsive / reckless 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 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 数不胜数 數不勝數 shǔ bù shèng shǔ (idiom) too many to count / innumerable 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 千真万确 千真萬確 qiān zhēn wàn què absolutely true (idiom) / manifold / true from many points of view syn 一波三折 yī bō sān zhé calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns syn 错爱 錯愛 cuò ài misplaced kindness / humble term: I do not deserve your many kindnesses. 佛号 佛號 fó hào one of the many names of Buddha 白术 白朮 bái zhú the rhizome of large-headed atractylodes (Atractylodes macrocephaia) 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 硕果累累 碩果累累 shuò guǒ lěi lěi heavily laden with fruit / fertile (of trees) / many noteworthy achievements syn 庞杂 龐雜 páng zá complex / complicated / many and varied syn 故知 gù zhī a close friend over many years 名目繁多 míng mù fán duō names of many kinds (idiom) / items of every description syn 楚辞 楚辭 chǔ cí Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚[Chu3], collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝[Han4chao2] 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 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 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 战斗群 戰鬥群 zhàn dòu qún battle group / naval formation headed by an aircraft carrier 多端 duō duān multifarious / multifold / many and varied / multiport / multistation / multiterminal 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) 三原则 三原則 sān yuán zé the Three Principles (in many contexts) 武侯祠 wǔ hóu cí temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.) 以少胜多 以少勝多 yǐ shǎo shèng duō using the few to defeat the many (idiom) / to win from a position of weakness 积少成多 積少成多 jī shǎo chéng duō (idiom) many little things add up to sth great / many little drops make an ocean syn 慢车 慢車 màn chē local bus or train / slow train with many stops 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 生命在于运动 生命在於運動 shēng mìng zài yú yùn dòng life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise. 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 大杂院 大雜院 dà zá yuàn compound with many families living together 人浮于事 人浮於事 rén fú yú shì more hands than needed (idiom) / too many cooks spoil the broth 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 