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HSK 6 Numbers & measure words

… 余 / 有余

And more / odd (余/有余)

Structure number + 余 + measure word ·(or)quantity + 有余

余 (yú) is inserted BETWEEN the number and the measure word to mean "-odd", "and more": 三十余人 = "thirty-odd people", 百余年 = "a hundred-odd years". It is the cultured stand-in for colloquial 多 (三十多人), written register and typical of high round figures (tens, hundreds, thousands). 有余, placed after, means "to spare", "more than enough": 绰绰有余 = "more than ample", 收入丰盈,养家有余 = "ample income, enough to support the family and then some". Genuine quantification, absent from HSK 1-5.

Examples

  • 现xiàn场chǎng聚jù集jí了le三sān十shí余yú人rén。

    Thirty-odd people had gathered at the scene.

  • 这zhè座zuò古gǔ桥qiáo已yǐ有yǒu百bǎi余yú年nián历lì史shǐ。

    This old bridge already has a hundred-odd years of history.

  • 以yǐ他tā的de能néng力lì,应yìng付fù这zhè点diǎn工gōng作zuò绰chuò绰chuò有yǒu余yú。

    With his ability, this bit of work is more than he needs.

  • 今jīn年nián收shōu成chéng不bù错cuò,留liú种zhǒng之zhī外wài还hái绰chuò绰chuò有yǒu余yú。

    This year's harvest was good: beyond seed grain, there's plenty to spare.

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.

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