小数

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	数

Etymology

From 小 (shō, "small," "little") + 数 (sū, "number")

Noun

小数 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai 小數, hiragana しょうすう, romaji shōsū)

1. decimal fraction, decimal, fraction

Compounds

• 小数点 (shōsūten): decimal point
• 循環小数 (junkan shōsū): recurring decimal
• 無限小数 (mugen shōsū): infinite decimals
• 浮動小数点 (fudō shōsūten): floating point representation
• 浮動小数点演算機構 (fudō shōsūten enzan kikō): floating-point arithmetic unit

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Mandarin

simpl.		小数
trad.		小數

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ ɕiau˨˩ʂu˥˩ ]

Noun

小数 (simplified, Pinyin xiǎoshù, traditional 小數)

1. (Advanced Mandarin) decimal

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785: