数字 shùzì number
number; numeral; figure; digit
How to remember 数字: 数 number + 字 character = number.
Characters
How it is used
- A number/numeral/digit - 写下这个数字 (xiěxià zhège shùzì) write down this number.
- Also 'digital' in tech compounds: 数字时代 (shùzì shídài) the digital age.
- Contrast 号码 (hàomǎ), an identifying number string (phone/room number); 数字 is the numeral or quantity itself, and 数量 (shùliàng) is 'amount'.
Example sentences
- 算数处理数字。 Suànshù chǔlǐ shùzì.Arithmetic deals with numbers.
- 那些数字是什么？ Nàxiē shùzì shì shénme?What are those numbers?
- 我们有一台数字电视。 Wǒmen yǒu yì tái shùzì diànshì.We have a digital TV.