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四捨五入

简四舍五入 · 繁四捨五入

Mandarin · pinyin sì shě wǔ rù

(math.) to round up or down
to round off

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四: sì · four
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五: wǔ · five; surname
入: rù · enter, come in(to), join
舍: shě · shè · house, dwelling; dwell, reside

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4–3–3–4 · si4 she3 wu3 ru4

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sei3 se2 ng5 jap6

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noun

(arithmetic) rounding to the closest number (0.4 being rounded down, 0.5 being rounded up); rounding off

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