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周期数 週期數 zhōu qī shù periodic number
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多少 duō shao how much? / how many? / (phone number, student ID etc) what number? syn
编号 編號 biān hào to number / numbering / serial number syn
次数 次數 cì shù number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.)
定期 dìng qī at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term syn
序号 序號 xù hào ordinal number / serial number / sequence number
班次 bān cì grade / class number (in school) / flight or run number / flight or run (seen as an item) / shift (work period)
周期性 週期性 zhōu qī xìng periodic / periodicity (math) / cyclicity
车号 車號 chē hào vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)
充数 充數 chōng shù to make up the number (i.e. to fill places up to a given number) / to serve as stopgap syn
字数 字數 zì shù number of written characters / number of words / word count syn
减员 減員 jiǎn yuán to reduce the number of personnel / to experience a reduction in the number of personnel syn
约数 約數 yuē shù divisor (of a number) / approximate number syn
小数 小數 xiǎo shù small figure / small amount / the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or radix point) / fractional part of a number / number between 0 and 1 / decimal fraction
尾数 尾數 wěi shù remainder (after rounding a number) / decimal part (of number after the decimal point) / mantissa (i.e. fractional part of common logarithm in math.) / small change / balance (of an account) syn
对号 對號 duì hào tick / check mark (✓) / number for verification (serial number, seat number etc) / (fig.) two things match up
批号 批號 pī hào lot number / batch number
点击数 點擊數 diǎn jī shù number of clicks / number of hits (on a website)
行号 行號 háng hào (computing) (text file) line number / (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership)
号数 號數 hào shù number in a sequence / ordinal number / serial number
hào ordinal number / day of a month / mark / sign / business establishment / size / ship suffix / horn (wind instrument) / bugle call / assumed name / to take a pulse / classifier used to indicate number of people syn
周期表 週期表 zhōu qī biǎo periodic table (chemistry) / abbr. of 元素週期表|元素周期表[yuan2 su4 zhou1 qi1 biao3], periodic table of the elements
门捷列夫 門捷列夫 mén jié liè fū Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907), Russian chemist who introduced the periodic table
lái to come / (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) / hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5]) / ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2]) / for the past (amount of time) / (prefix) the coming ... / the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4]) / (between two verbs) in order to / (after a round number) approximately / (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2]) syn
qián front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly syn
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several syn
电话 電話 diàn huà telephone / CL:部[bu4] / phone call / CL:通[tong1] / phone number syn
第一 dì yī first / number one / primary syn
jìn to go forward / to advance / to go in / to enter / to put in / to submit / to take in / to admit / (math.) base of a number system / classifier for sections in a building or residential compound syn
zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
(prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn
第二 dì èr second / number two / next / secondary syn
节目 節目 jié mù (TV or radio) program / show / item / act / segment / number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL:個|个[ge4],場|场[chang3],項|项[xiang4],臺|台[tai2],套[tao4],檔|档[dang4] syn
wàn ten thousand / a great number
zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn
号码 號碼 hào mǎ number / CL:堆[dui1],個|个[ge4] syn
第三 dì sān third / number three syn
shù number / figure / several / a few syn
to enter / to go into / to join / to become a member of / (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2]) / abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1] / (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") syn
dān bill / list / form / single / only / sole / odd number / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
hǎi ocean / sea / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] / great number of people or things / (dialect) numerous syn
数字 數字 shù zì numeral / digit / number / figure / amount / digital (electronics etc) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
第四 dì sì fourth / number four syn
倒数 倒數 dào shù inverse number / reciprocal (math.)
人数 人數 rén shù number of people syn
头号 頭號 tóu hào first rate / top rank / number one syn
数目 數目 shù mù amount / number syn
海选 海選 hǎi xuǎn (in elections for village committees in the PRC since the 1990s) unrestricted nomination, a type of election where 1. everyone in the community is eligible to nominate somebody 2. voting is done by writing the name of one's nominee on the ballot, and 3. one's nominee can be anyone in the community (Nominees who receive the highest number of votes may be thereby elected or, more often, presented as the candidates in a further round of voting.) / (in other contexts) selection of the best contender in a process open to all comers / (in the entertainment industry) open audition
恰好 qià hǎo as it turns out / by lucky coincidence / (of number, time, size etc) just right syn
少数 少數 shǎo shù small number / few / minority syn
顶尖 頂尖 dǐng jiān peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field) syn
拨号 撥號 bō hào to dial a telephone number
数码 數碼 shù mǎ number / numerals / figures / digital / amount / numerical code syn
岁数 歲數 suì shu age (number of years old) syn
人头 人頭 rén tóu person / number of people / (per) capita / (a person's) head / (Tw) person whose identity is used by sb else (e.g. to create a bogus account) syn
大号 大號 dà hào tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name / (coll.) number two / to defecate syn
票数 票數 piào shù number of votes / poll count
半数 半數 bàn shù half the number / half syn
名额 名額 míng é quota / number of places / place (in an institution, a group etc)
数额 數額 shù é amount / sum of money / fixed number syn
口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn
账号 賬號 zhàng hào account number / username
第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn
小号 小號 xiǎo hào trumpet / small size (clothes etc) / (coll.) a number one / a piss / (humble) our store / alternate account (for an Internet forum etc)
繁衍 fán yǎn to multiply / to reproduce / to increase gradually in number or quantity syn
若干 ruò gān a certain number or amount / how many? / how much? syn
增多 zēng duō to increase / to grow in number syn
定点 定點 dìng diǎn to determine a location / designated / appointed / specific / fixed (time) / fixed point (geometry) / fixed-point (number) syn
不计其数 不計其數 bù jì qí shù lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom) / fig. countless / innumerable syn
户口 戶口 hù kǒu population (counted as number of households for census or taxation) / registered residence / residence permit / (in Hong Kong and Macau) bank account syn
号外 號外 hào wài (newspaper) extra / special number (of a periodical)
控股 kòng gǔ to own a controlling number of shares in a company
名列 míng liè to rank (number 1, or third last etc) / to be among (those who are in a particular group) syn
卖座 賣座 mài zuò (of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers / popular with the paying public / high-grossing / number of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc)
复数 複數 fù shù (linguistics) plural / (math.) complex number
个数 個數 gè shù number of items or individuals
蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn
质数 質數 zhì shù prime number
报数 報數 bào shù number off! (command in military drill) / count off!
悠悠 yōu yōu lasting for ages / long drawn out / remote in time or space / unhurried / a great number (of events) / preposterous / pensive syn
翻番 fān fān to double / to increase by a certain number of times syn
门牌 門牌 mén pái door plate / house number
转速 轉速 zhuàn sù angular velocity / number of revolutions per minute syn
奇数 奇數 jī shù odd number syn
堆积如山 堆積如山 duī jī rú shān to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth syn
未知数 未知數 wèi zhī shù unknown number / (fig.) an unknown / an uncertainty
偶数 偶數 ǒu shù even number syn
整数 整數 zhěng shù whole number / integer (math.) / round figure syn
兴师动众 興師動眾 xīng shī dòng zhòng to muster large forces / to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task) syn
单数 單數 dān shù positive odd number (also written 奇數|奇数) / singular (grammar) syn
度数 度數 dù shu number of degrees / reading (on a meter) / strength (alcohol, lenses etc)
举世无双 舉世無雙 jǔ shì wú shuāng unrivaled (idiom) / world number one / unique / unequaled syn
素数 素數 sù shù prime number
天下第一 tiān xià dì yī first under heaven / number one in the country syn
页码 頁碼 yè mǎ page number
首屈一指 shǒu qū yī zhǐ to count as number one (idiom) / second to none / outstanding syn
年限 nián xiàn age limit / fixed number of years syn
寥寥无几 寥寥無幾 liáo liáo wú jǐ just a very few (idiom) / tiny number / not many at all / You count them on your fingers. syn
场次 場次 chǎng cì the number of showings of a movie, play etc / screening / performance
基数 基數 jī shù cardinal number / (math.) radix / base
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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