数万

數萬
shùwàn
number #32,071

Meanings

  1. 1 several tens of thousands
  2. 2 tens of thousands
  3. 3 many thousand

Examples

Shùwàn rén cānjiā le yóuxíng.
Tens of thousands of people took part in the march.
Gōngsī sǔnshī le shùwàn yuán.
The company lost tens of thousands of yuan.

Tips

grammar
here means 'several' (an indefinite small number, typically 3-9) and combines with ('ten thousand') to give 'several tens of thousands' = roughly 30,000-90,000. Same pattern: 数十 (a few dozen), 数百 (a few hundred), 数千 (a few thousand), 亿 (several hundred million). All written-register; spoken Chinese prefers 几万 (jǐwàn).
mistakes
Don't read as shǔ (3rd tone, 'to count') here — in this set-phrase context it's shù (4th tone, 'a number/several'). The reading shifts with the meaning.

Stroke Order

shù
wàn