HSK 6 Numbers & measure words
数十 / 数百 / 数千
Several tens/hundreds/thousands (数十/数百…)
Structure 数 + power of ten (十/百/千/万) + measure + noun
数 (shù) before a power of ten expresses a high but unspecified quantity: 数十 = "several tens", 数百 = "hundreds", 数千 = "thousands", 数万 = "tens of thousands". 数百名志愿者 = "hundreds of volunteers". It's a productive, very journalistic frame: it pairs with any power of ten plus its measure word. Don't confuse it with 无数 (wúshù, "countless"), a fixed item meaning an uncountable amount, not "a few hundred".
Examples
- 数百名志愿者参与了救援。
Hundreds of volunteers took part in the rescue.
- 这项技术已申请数十项专利。
This technology has already filed several dozen patents.
- 展览吸引了数千名游客前来。
The exhibition drew thousands of visitors.
- 洪水使数万居民被迫撤离。
The flood forced tens of thousands of residents to evacuate.
Levels are indicative: they follow the standard Chinese Grammar Wiki (AllSet Learning) progression, not an official HSK 3.0 mapping. We never assign levels by eye.