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複數

简复数 · 繁複數

Mandarin · pinyin fù shù

(linguistics) plural
(math.) complex number

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複: Look up this written character
數: shù · number; several; count; fate
复: fù · return; repeat; repeatedly
数: shù · number; several, count; fate

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4–4 · fu4 shu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fuk1 sou2

Cantonese word readings for 複數. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(mathematics) complex number
(grammar) plural
a (small) number no less than two

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