人数 rénshù number of people
How to remember 人数: 人 person + 数 number = number of people.
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How it is used
- 人数 (rénshù) means 'number of people' as a countable quantity: 参加人数 (cānjiā rénshù) - number of participants; 人数不够 (rénshù búgòu) - not enough people.
- It's used with 多/少 rather than 大/小: 人数很多 (rénshù hěn duō), not 人数很大, since it's a count, not a magnitude.
- Common in registration, event planning, and statistics contexts - a practical, frequent HSK4 word.
Example sentences
- 出国的人数一直在增加。 Chūguó de rénshù yìzhí zài zēngjiā.The number of people who go abroad has been increasing.
- 听说最近失业者人数正在增加 Tīngshuō zuìjìn shīyèzhě rénshù zhèngzài zēngjiāI hear that the number of the unemployed has been increasing recently.
- 观众人数庞大。 Guānzhòng rénshù pángdà.The audience was very large.