人数

• 拼音: rén shù
• 汉字拆解: 人 = pictograph of a standing person; 数 = 娄 (phonetic) + 攵 (strike) — originally meaning to count

含义

The number of people; headcount. Refers to a specific count of individuals in a group.

Used when talking about how many people are in a group, event, or place. More concrete than 人口 (population), which is used at a macro level. Common in contexts like 参加人数 (number of participants), 学生人数 (number of students), and 限制人数 (limit the number of people).

例句

1. 参加活动的人数很多。
2. 请统计一下班上的人数。
3. 这次考试的人数比上次少。

用法指南

语境: events, school, statistics

语气: informational

正确说法

• 报名人数已经超过一百了。(The number of sign-ups has already exceeded one hundred.)
• 每个班的人数不一样。(The number of students in each class is different.)

错误说法

• 不要把人数和人口混用 (Don't confuse 人数 with 人口 — 人数 is for a specific headcount of a group; 人口 is for the population of a region)

起源与历史

人 (rén, person) + 数 (shù, number/count). A straightforward compound meaning the number of persons.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal