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算数

suàn shù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 算數

算数 (suàn shù) means "to count numbers; to keep to one's word; to hold (i.e. to remain valid)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 算数 means

1. to count numbers
2. to keep to one's word
3. to hold (i.e. to remain valid)
4. to count (i.e. to be important)

The characters in 算数

• 算suànto calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid…
• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few

Example sentences

• 那算数吗？
  Does that count?
• 算数处理数字。
  Suànshù chǔlǐ shùzì.
  Arithmetic deals with numbers.
• 有多少本算数书留着？
  Yǒu duōshao běn suànshù shū liú zhe?
  How many arithmetic books are left?

Words containing 算数

• 运算数yùn suàn shùoperand (math.)
• 计算数学jì suàn shù xuécomputational mathematics; numerical mathematics
• 说话算数shuō huà suàn shùto keep one's promise; to mean what one says
• 说话要算数shuō huà yào suàn shùpromises must be kept

Sounds the same

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

• 算术arithmetic

Where 算数 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · suàn–tā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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