比爾有很多朋友。

Bill has many friends.

Bill has a lot of friends.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 比爾 Bǐěr Bill (name)
=1 比爾 Bǐ'ěr
  1. a transliteration of the English male given name diminutive Bill
  2. a transliteration of the English surname Beal, Beale, or Beall
  3. a transliteration of the English surname Bill
=2 有 yǒu
  1. to have; there is
  2. (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意 yǒuyì intentional)
=2 有 yòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
  3. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “again”)
  4. alternative form of 又 (yòu, “and; with a remainder of (when dividing an integer by ten)”)
3 很多 hěnduō many; much; a lot
=4 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: 個, 位
=4 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers