數數

Chinese

		number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (數數)		數	數
simp. (数数)		数	数

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou² sou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔshù
    • Wade–Giles: shu³-shu⁴
    • Yale: shǔ-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuushuh
    • Palladius: шушу (šušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔshùr
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄕㄨˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔshùr
    • Wade–Giles: shu³-shu⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: shǔ-shùr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuushull
    • Palladius: шушур (šušur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂuɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou² sou³
    • Yale: sóu sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou² sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou² sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³⁵ sou̯³³/

Verb

數數

1. to count; to recite numbers in sequence

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuòshuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sok³ sok³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuòshuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛˋ ㄕㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuòshuò
    • Wade–Giles: shuo⁴-shuo⁴
    • Yale: shwò-shwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuohshuoh
    • Palladius: шошо (šošo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sok³ sok³
    • Yale: sok sok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sok⁸ sok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sog³ sog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːk̚³ sɔːk̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: sraewk sraewk

Rime
Character	數
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所角切
Baxter	sraewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʃɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ʃɔk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʂɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sok3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-rok  s-rok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sroːɡ  sroːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	數
Reading #	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shuò
Middle Chinese	‹ sræwk ›
Old Chinese	/*s-rok/
English	frequently
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	數
Reading #	3/3
No.	8512
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朔
Old Chinese	/*sroːɡ/

Adverb

數數

1. frequently; often

Adjective

數數

1. ^† eager for; hurried

   Synonym: 汲汲 (jíjí)

   • 彼其於世，未數數然也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     彼其于世，未数数然也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Bǐ qí yú shì, wèi shùshù rán yě. [Pinyin]

     He did not eagerly pursue fame.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): su³ su^3-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: su³ su^3-2
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: susu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵³ su⁵³⁻²¹/

Noun

數數

1. (Sichuanese) money; cash

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 錢 (“money”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		錢, 幣
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		錢, 鈔, 金錢, 錢財
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	錢, 錢兒
	Taiwan	錢
	Malaysia	錢
	Singapore	錢
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	錢
	Jinan	錢, 票子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	錢
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	錢兒, 金錢, 錢財
	Wanrong	錢
	Xi'an	錢, 尕
	Xining	錢
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	錢
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	尕
	Ürümqi	麻卡爾
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	錢, 數數
	Wuhan	錢, 角子
	Kunming	錢兒
	Guilin	錢
	Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)	錢
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鈔票
	Yangzhou	錢, 鈔票
	Hefei	錢
Cantonese	Guangzhou	錢, 銀, 銀紙, 水
	Hong Kong	錢, 銀, 銀紙, 水, 錢銀, 鐳 slang, 銀兩
	Macau	錢
	Taishan	錢, 銀, 銀紙, 鐳
	Taishan (Guanghai)	錢
	Yangjiang	錢
	Beihai	銀紙
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	錢
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	錢
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	錢
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鐳
	Singapore (Guangfu)	鐳, 錢
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	錢, 鐳, tiền, 銀紙
	Móng Cái	錢, tiền
	Mandalay (Taishan)	錢, 鐳
Gan	Nanchang	錢
	Lichuan	錢
	Pingxiang	錢
Hakka	Meixian	錢
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	水, 沙水, 沙
	Changting	錢
	Wuping	錢
	Liancheng	錢
	Ninghua	錢
	Yudu	錢
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	錢
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	錢
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	錢
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	錢
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	錢
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	錢
	Kuching (Hepo)	鐳
Huizhou	Jixi	鈔票, 洋錢
Jin	Taiyuan	錢
Northern Min	Jian'ou	錢
	Songxi	錢
	Zhenghe	錢
	Jianyang	錢
	Wuyishan	錢
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	錢
	Fuzhou (Changle)	錢
	Lianjiang	錢
	Fuqing	錢
	Pingtan	錢
	Yongtai	錢
	Minqing	錢
	Gutian	錢
	Pingnan	錢
	Luoyuan	錢
	Fu'an	錢
	Ningde	錢
	Xiapu	錢
	Zherong	錢
	Shouning	錢
	Zhouning	錢
	Fuding	錢
	Singapore (Fuqing)	錢
Southern Min	Xiamen	錢, 鐳, 銀紙, 錢銀, 銀兩
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	錢, 鐳
	Quanzhou	錢, 鐳, 銀紙, 錢銀, 銀兩
	Jinjiang	錢
	Nan'an	錢
	Shishi	錢
	Hui'an	錢
	Anxi	錢
	Yongchun	錢
	Dehua	錢
	Zhangzhou	錢, 鐳, 阿字仔, 錢銀, 銀兩
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	錢
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	錢
	Hua'an	鐳
	Nanjing	鐳, 銀
	Pinghe	錢
	Zhangpu	錢
	Yunxiao	鐳
	Zhao'an	錢, 鐳
	Dongshan	錢, 鐳
	Taipei	錢
	Kinmen	錢
	Penang (Hokkien)	鐳, 錢, 銀
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鐳, 錢, 銀
	Manila (Hokkien)	錢
	Longyan	錢
	Zhangping	鐳
	Datian	錢
	Guilin (Biyange)	錢
	Chaozhou	鐳, 銀
	Shantou	錢, 銀
	Shantou (Chenghai)	鐳, 銀
	Jieyang	鐳, 銀
	Haifeng	錢
	Phnom Penh (Teochew)	鐳
	Singapore (Teochew)	鐳, 錢
	Batam (Teochew)	鐳, 錢
	Pontianak (Teochew)	鐳
	Leizhou	錢
	Wenchang	錢
	Singapore (Hainanese)	錢
Puxian Min	Putian	鐳, 錢
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	鐳, 錢
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	鐳, 錢, 票
	Xianyou	鐳, 錢
	Xianyou (Fengting)	鐳, 錢
	Xianyou (Youyang)	錢
Central Min	Yong'an	錢
	Sanming (Sanyuan)	錢
	Sanming (Shaxian)	錢
	Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)	錢
Shaojiang Min	Shaowu	錢, 龍錢, 票兒
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	錢
Wu	Shanghai	鈔票, 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 老洋, 板板, 血 figuratively, 分 slang, 米 slang
	Shanghai (Chongming)	鈔票, 銅鈿
	Suzhou	鈔票, 銅鈿, 票子
	Wuxi	鈔票, 銅錢
	Danyang	銅錢, 銅, 洋錢, 錢, 鈔票
	Hangzhou	鈔票, 銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 農年, 牙
	Ningbo	銅鈿, 洋鈿, 銅鈿銀子, 銅鋃銀子, 鈿
	Wenzhou	鈔票, 銅鈿, 番錢, 銅鈿銀, 銅鈿板, 銅板, 板
	Jinhua	鈔票, 洋鈿, 鈿, 銅鈿, 銅鈿銀子
Xiang	Changsha	錢, 夾老倌
	Shuangfeng	錢