统计 tǒngjì statistics
statistics; to count; to add up
How to remember 统计: 统 to govern + 计 calculate = statistics.
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How it is used
- Statistics; to tally/count up - 数据统计 (shùjù tǒngjì) data statistics; 统计人数 count the number of people.
- Both the field/figures and the act of totaling. 统计学 the discipline of statistics; 据统计 according to statistics. Contrast 计算 (jìsuàn, to calculate): 统计 is gathering and summing up data.
Example sentences
- 事实是倔强的，但统计是柔顺的。 Shìshí shì juéjiàng de, dàn tǒngjì shì róushùn de.Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable.