Usage note
数量表示多少。
shù liàng biǎo shì duō shǎo。
Quantity means how many or how much.
Context note
数量常用于统计、比较和说明。
shù liàng cháng yòng yú tǒng jì 、 bǐ jiào hé shuō míng。
Quantity is often used in counting, comparison, and explanation.
5 examples
数量很多。
shù liàng hěn duō。
The quantity is large.
请看数量。
qǐng kàn shù liàng。
Please look at the quantity.
这里的数量不多。
zhè lǐ de shù liàng bù duō。
There is not much quantity here.
老师问我们数量。
lǎo shī wèn wǒ men shù liàng。
The teacher asked us about the quantity.
这个数量够吗？
zhè ge shù liàng gòu ma？
Is this quantity enough?
5 mini stories
商店里水果的数量很多。
shāng diàn lǐ shuǐ guǒ de shù liàng hěn duō。
There is a large quantity of fruit in the store.
老师让我们比较数量。
lǎo shī ràng wǒ men bǐ jiào shù liàng。
The teacher asked us to compare quantities.
数量太少，不够分。
shù liàng tài shǎo， bú gòu fēn。
The quantity is too small and not enough to share.
他认真记录每个数量。
tā rèn zhēn jì lù měi gè shù liàng。
He carefully recorded each quantity.
数量变化说明情况有变。
shù liàng biàn huà shuō míng qíng kuàng yǒu biàn。
A change in quantity shows the situation has changed.
Mini dialogue
分糖果
A
我们数一下糖果的数量吧。
Wǒmen shǔ yīxià tángguǒ de shùliàng ba.
Let's count the quantity of candies.
B
好的，一共有二十颗。
Hǎo de, yīgòng yǒu èrshí kē.
Okay, there are twenty in total.
买文具
A
我们需要买多少支铅笔？
Wǒmen xūyào mǎi duōshao zhī qiānbǐ?
How many pencils do we need to buy?
B
数量不用太多，五支就够了。
Shùliàng bùyòng tài duō, wǔ zhī jiù gòu le.
The quantity doesn't need to be too many, five is enough.
Related words and contrasts
related
数字
shù zì
number; digit
Refers to the numeral itself, not the amount.
related
多少
duō shǎo
how many; how much
Question word used to ask about quantity.
contrast
质量
zhì liàng
quality
Often compared with quantity (how good vs. how many).