Chinese word

大量

Pronunciation

Pinyindà liàng

Meaning

  • adjectivea lot of

Example

超市有大量的货物。chāo shì yǒu dà liàng de huò wù

The supermarket has a lot of goods.

Illustration for 大量 (a lot of)

More examples

他把大量的书捐给了学校。tā bǎ dà liàng de shū juān gěi le xué xiào

He donated a lot of books to the school.

Core concept

Quantity gathered on a large scale, where the main idea is both many items and a big overall amount.

Common phrases

  • 大量的书dà liàng de shū

    a lot of books

Similar words

很多hěn duō: Existing in a high number or amount.

Definition in Chinese

用于表示数额或数量非常大的形容词，语义集中于“多且规模大”。yòng yú biǎo shì shù é huò shù liàng fēi cháng dà de xíng róng cí yǔ yì jí zhōng yú duō qiě guī mó dà

Word origin

大量 (dàliàng, "large quantity") joins 大 (dà, "big") + 量 (liàng, "amount"), directly linking the idea of great size with the idea of quantity.

Usage tips

  • Its place in a sentence matters: before a noun it describes a large stock of things, and before a verb it describes an action involving a large amount.

Other meanings

  • in large quantitiesadverb
  • large quantitynoun

Opposites

Related words

  • 大量生产dà liàng shēng chǎnmass-produceverb

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