許許多多

Chinese

		to allow; to permit; to praise to allow; to permit; to praise; surname	to allow; to permit; to praise to allow; to permit; to praise; surname	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-	many; much; a lot of many; much; a lot of; numerous; multi-
trad. (許許多多)		許	許	多	多
simp. (许许多多)		许	许	多	多
AABB-type reduplication of 許多／许多 (xǔduō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xǔxǔduōduō

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩˇ ㄒㄩˇ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄛ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): heoi² heoi² do¹ do¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xǔxǔduōduō [Phonetic: xúxǔduōduō]
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩˇ ㄒㄩˇ ㄉㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syǔsyǔduoduo
    • Wade–Giles: hsü³-hsü³-to¹-to¹
    • Yale: syǔ-syǔ-dwō-dwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheusheuduoduo
    • Palladius: сюйсюйдодо (sjujsjujdodo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕy²¹⁴⁻²¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: heoi² heoi² do¹ do¹
    • Yale: héui héui dō dō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoey² hoey² do¹ do¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hêu² hêu² do¹ do¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɵy̯³⁵ hɵy̯³⁵ tɔː⁵⁵ tɔː⁵⁵/

Idiom

許許多多

1. a good deal of; a lot of

   生活中有許許多多的機遇，也有許許多多的膽怯、遲疑和退縮。 [MSC, trad.]
   生活中有许许多多的机遇，也有许许多多的胆怯、迟疑和退缩。 [MSC, simp.]

   Shēnghuó zhōng yǒu xǔxǔduōduō de jīyù, yě yǒu xǔxǔduōduō de dǎnqiè, chíyí hé tuìsuō. [Pinyin]

   Life presents us with many opportunities — as well as many times to be timid, hesitate or withdraw.