小數

See also: 小数

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	number; figure; to count number; figure; to count; to calculate; several; frequently; repeatedly
trad. (小數)		小	數
simp. (小数)		小	数

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎoshù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² sou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sió-sò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshù
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-shu⁴
    • Yale: syǎu-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushuh
    • Palladius: сяошу (sjaošu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎoshùr
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎoshùr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-shu⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-shùr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaushull
    • Palladius: сяошур (sjaošur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂuɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: siu² sou³
    • Yale: síu sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ sou̯³³/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 小數／小数 少數／少数

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió-sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: sió-sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioysox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sio⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sio⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sɔ²¹/

Noun

小數

Examples (number written with a radix point)
3.14 12.00 99.999... 0.1C716

1. (mathematics) number in positional notation with a radix point
2. (mathematics) fractional part of such a number
3. small sum; small number; small amount

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “small number”): 大數／大数 (dàshù)

Derived terms

• 小數點／小数点 (xiǎoshùdiǎn)
• 循環小數／循环小数 (xúnhuán xiǎoshù)
• 有限小數／有限小数
• 混循環小數／混循环小数
• 無限小數／无限小数
• 純小數／纯小数

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小數):

• → Japanese: 小(しょう)数(すう) (shōsū)
• → Korean: 소수(小數) (sosu)
• → Vietnamese: tiểu số (小數)