不少
Pinyin IPA [pu˥˩ ʂɑʊ˨˩˦] Zhuyin
HSK 1 adjective 形容词 Book 1 · Lesson 14 freq #1045
Meaning
- adjective 形容词
- quite a few
- many
Quite a few, quite a lot — literally "not few". Though built from a negative, it is a positive statement of quantity: 不少人 means "quite a lot of people".
- many; quite a few; a good number of
Examples
| 这个商店有不少人。 | Zhège shāngdiàn yǒu bù shǎo rén. | There are quite a few people in this shop. |
| 他有不少中国朋友。 | Tā yǒu bù shǎo Zhōngguó péngyou. | He has quite a few Chinese friends. |
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