# 眾多
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhòngduō
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄛ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zung$^3$ do$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chung-tô
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiòng-to / chiòng-to͘ / chèng-to
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng$^3$ do$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhòngduō
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥˋ ㄉㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhòngduo
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^4$-to$^1$
*** Yale: jùng-dwō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jonqduo
*** Palladius: чжундо (čžundo)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹ tu̯ɔ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^3$ do$^1$
*** Yale: jung dō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^3$ do$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^3$ do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ³³ tɔː⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chung-tô
*** Hakka Romanization System: zung do$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zung$^4$ do$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡suŋ⁵⁵ to²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiòng-to
*** Tâi-lô: tsiòng-to
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciorngdoy
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiòng-to͘
*** Tâi-lô: tsiòng-too
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciorngdof
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔ³³/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-to
*** Tâi-lô: tsìng-to
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zeangdoy
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tɤ⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ to⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: zêng$^3$ do$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsèng to
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ to³³/
* Middle Chinese: tsyuwngH ta
Rime :
| Character | 眾 | 多 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 之仲切 | 得何切 |
| Baxter | tsyuwngH | ta |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨuŋ$^H$/ | /tɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiuŋ$^H$/ | /tɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiuŋ$^H$/ | /tɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cuwŋ$^H$/ | /ta/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiuŋ$^H$/ | /tɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭuŋ$^H$/ | /tɑ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯uŋ$^H$/ | /tɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhòng | duō |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zung$^3$ | do$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tuŋ-s [t.l]ˤaj/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjuŋs ʔl'aːl/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 眾 | 多 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhòng | duō |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyuwng$^H$ › | ‹ ta › |
| Old Chinese | /*tuŋ-s/ | /*[t.l]ˁaj/ |
| English | numerous | many |
| 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 | 眾 | 多 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 17491 | 2637 |
| Phonetic component | 衆 | 多 |
| Rime group | 終 | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 衆 | 多 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjuŋs/ | /*ʔl'aːl/ |
| Notes | 甲文象日下三人， 金文或改目下， 表衆人在監督下勞作 | 甲金文從二肉非二夕 |

### Adjective

眾多
* many; numerous; multitudinous

#### Synonyms

* 一系列 (yīxìliè)
* 不少 (bùshǎo)
* 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial)
* 儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary)
* 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary)
* 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary)
* 好些 (hǎoxiē)
* 好多 (hǎoduō)
* 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary)
* 幾多／几多 (gei$^2$ do$^1$) (Cantonese)
* 廣／广 (literary, or in compounds)
* 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) (of people)
* 延延 (yányán) (literary)
* 很多 (hěnduō)
* 𣍐少／𫧃少 (Hokkien)
* 浩瀚 (hàohàn)
* 浩繁 (hàofán)
* 百
* 繁多 (fánduō)
* 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary)
* 許多／许多 (xǔduō)
* 諸多／诸多 (zhūduō)
* 颮颮／飑飑 (literary)