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数码

shù mǎ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 數碼

数码 (shù mǎ) means "number; numerals; figures". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 数码 means

1. number
2. numerals
3. figures
4. digital
5. amount
6. numerical code

The characters in 数码

• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
• 码mǎ(archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale; number

Example sentences

• 我今晚能借你的数码相机吗？
  Wǒ jīnwǎn néng jiè nǐ de shùmǎxiàngjī ma?
  Can I borrow your digital camera tonight?
• 我要给我自己买一个新照相机，这次要数码的。
  Wǒ yào gěi wǒ zìjǐ mǎi yī gè xīn zhàoxiàngjī, zhè cìyào shùmǎ de.
  I'm going to buy myself a new camera, digital this time.

Words starting with 数码

• 数码化shù mǎ huàto digitize
• 数码通Shù mǎ tōngSmarTone-Vodafone (Hong Kong and Macau company)
• 数码冲印shù mǎ chōng yìndigital printing
• 数码相机shù mǎ xiàng jīdigital camera
• 数码照相机shù mǎ zhào xiàng jīdigital camera
• 数码港Shù mǎ gǎngCyberport, a technology and commercial complex in Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
• 数码货币shù mǎ huò bìdigital currency
• 数码扫描shù mǎ sǎo miáoa digital scan

Where 数码 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Media, Frequency & Categories (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read shù mǎ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.