数不清

數不清

shǔbuqīng

adjective

Meanings

1 countless
2 too many to count
3 innumerable

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

天上的星星多得数不清。

Tiānshàng de xīngxing duō de shǔbuqīng.

There are too many stars in the sky to count.

HSK 7-9

为了这个项目，他熬了数不清的夜。

Wèile zhège xiàngmù, tā áo le shǔbuqīng de yè.

He has stayed up countless nights for this project.

Tips

grammar

A potential complement: 数 "to count" + 不 + 清 "clearly", so "cannot count clearly". The positive is 数得清. 数 is read shǔ here, the verb, not shù "number".

Stroke Order

数 shù

不 bù

清 qīng