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数月
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数月
數月
shùyuè
noun
Meanings
1
several months
2
a few months
Characters
数
shù
several, number
月
yuè
month, moon
Examples
拼音
EN
项目
延误
了
数月
才
完成
。
Xiàngmù yánwù le shùyuè cái wánchéng.
The project was delayed several months before it was completed.
他
在
国外
工作
了
数月
。
Tā zài guówài gōngzuòle shùyuè.
He worked abroad for several months.
Tips
register
Written/literary register. In speech
几
个
月
(jǐ ge yuè) 'several months' is much more common;
数月
belongs to news headlines, formal reports, and essays.
mistakes
Here
数
is read shù (fourth tone) meaning 'several', not shǔ 'to count'. Same
数
you see in
数百
(shùbǎi) 'hundreds' and
数千
(shùqiān) 'thousands'.
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数
shù
月
yuè
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数树深红出浅黄
shùshùshēnhóngchūqiǎnhuáng
a few trees in deep red emerge from the shallow yellows / (fig.) the vivid detail of mid-autumn foliage, turning at its own pace / (lit.) several-trees deep-red emerge pale-yellow
烽火连三月
fēnghuǒliánsānyuè
the beacon fires have burned for three months straight / prolonged war and chaos / lit. the war-signal fires span three months
各领风骚数百年
gèlǐngfēngsāoshùbǎinián
each leads the literary scene for several hundred years / different eras produce their own dominant writers, each preeminent in its own time / lit. each — leads — wind-and-sao (literature) — several hundred years
夹岸数百步
jiā'ànshùbǎibù
lining both banks for several hundred paces / (fig.) a long unbroken stretch of scenery along a river / (lit.) flank-banks several-hundred paces
一年十二月
yīniánshíèryuè
the twelve months of the year / all year round, month by month / (lit.) one year, twelve months
怀胎十月
huáitāishíyuè
ten months of pregnancy / to carry a child for ten lunar months
数百万
shùbǎiwàn
#8,468
millions; several million / multimillion
数种
shùzhǒng
several kinds / numerous types / many varieties
数千
shùqiān
#9,989
several thousand / thousands of
数量
shùliàng
HSK 3
#4,550
amount; quantity; number
数月
shùyuè
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