数目 shùmù amount
amount; number
How to remember 数目: 数 number + 目 eye = amount.
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How it is used
- A number/quantity/amount of countable things - 数目不少 (shùmù bùshǎo) quite a number, 一笔可观的数目 (yì bǐ kěguān de shùmù) a considerable sum.
- Refers to a total count/figure; contrast 数字 (shùzì), the digit/numeral itself, and 数量 (shùliàng), quantity as a measure.
- Slightly formal; often about sums of money or counted items.
Example sentences
- 1000美元是个大数目。 1000měiyuán shì gè dà shùmù.A thousand dollars is a large sum.