数据 shùjù data
How to remember 数据: 数 number + 据 according to = data.
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How it is used
- Data - 分析数据 (fēnxī shùjù) analyze data; 大数据 (dà shùjù) big data; 数据库 database.
- Numerical/informational data, esp. in computing, statistics, and science. 数 here is shù.
- Distinguish from 资料 (zīliào, materials/information/reference docs) and 数字 (shùzì, digits/figures). 数据 is structured data for analysis.
Example sentences
- 数据表明年轻人抽烟的现象没有减少。 Shùjù biǎomíng niánqīngrén chōuyān de xiànxiàng méiyǒu jiǎnshǎo.As is evident from the data, smoking is not decreasing among the young.