数 shù number
shù (number) and shǔ (to count) - 数学 shùxué, 数一数 shǔ yi shǔ
How to remember 数: 娄 hollow + 攵 tap = number. The bouncer gives the hollow door a tap for every guest who walks in, trying hard to keep track of the number.
Component breakdown
数 = 娄 hollow + 攵 tap
- 娄 hollow
- 攵 tap
The bouncer gives the hollow door a tap for every guest who walks in, trying hard to keep track of the number.
How it is used
- Read shù it means a number - 数字 (shùzì) figure, 数学 (shùxué) maths, 人数 (rénshù) headcount.
- Read shǔ it means to count - 数一数 (shǔ yi shǔ) count them, 数不清 (shǔ bù qīng) countless.
- 分数 (fēnshù) is both a score and a fraction; 多数 (duōshù) majority and 少数 (shǎoshù) minority take shù too.
- If you are doing the counting, it is shǔ - 你数一下 (nǐ shǔ yíxià) count them.
Words with 数
- 数学shùxuémathematicsHSK 3
- 数字shùzìnumberHSK 4
- 数量shùliàngamountHSK 4
- 人数rénshùnumber of peopleHSK 4
- 分数fēnshùgradeHSK 4
- 多数duōshùmajorityHSK 4
- 少数shǎoshùsmall numberHSK 4
- 总数zǒngshùtotalHSK 5
- 数据shùjùdataHSK 5
- 无数wúshùcountlessHSK 5
- 岁数suìshuage (number of years old)HSK 6
- 数字化shùzìhuàto digitizeHSK 6
- 数目shùmùamountHSK 6
- 次数cìshùnumber of timesHSK 6
- 倒数dàoshǔto count backwards (from 10 down to 0)HSK 7
- 半数bànshùhalf the numberHSK 7
- 大数据dàshùjùbig data (computing)HSK 7
- 招数zhāoshùmove (in chess, on stage, in martial arts)HSK 7
- 指数zhǐshùindexHSK 7
- 数一数二shǔyī-shǔ’èrreckoned to be best or second bestHSK 7
- 数码shùmǎnumberHSK 7
- 整数zhěngshùwhole numberHSK 7
- 算数suànshùto count numbersHSK 7
- 数据库shùjùkùdatabaseHSK 8
- 数额shù’éamountHSK 8
- 未知数wèizhīshùunknown numberHSK 9
Example sentences
- 我能从一数到十。 Wǒ néng cóng yī shǔ dào shí.I can count from one to ten.
- 同意这个方案的人还是占了大多数。 Tóngyì zhège fāng'àn de rén háishi zhànle dàduōshù.The majority agrees to this proposal.
- 这道数学题很难。 Zhè dào shùxué tí hěn nán.This math problem is very difficult.
- 这个数学题很难。 Zhège shùxuétí hěn nán.This math problem is difficult.