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奇数

jī shù

2-character word Traditional 奇數

What 奇数 means

1. odd number

The characters in 奇数

• 奇qístrange; odd; weird
• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few

Example sentences

• 一是最小的奇数。
  One is the smallest odd number.
• １、３、５都是奇数。
  Yī, sān, wǔ dōu shì jīshù.
  One, three, and five are odd numbers.
• 偶数乘以奇数是偶数，奇数乘以奇数是奇数。
  ǒushù chéngyǐ jīshù shì ǒushù, jīshù chéngyǐ jīshù shì jīshù.
  Even times odd is even, odd times odd is odd.

Sounds the same

Read jī shù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 基数cardinal number; (math) radix; base