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算數
简 算数 · 繁 算數Mandarin · pinyin suàn shù
Meanings
- to count numbers
- to keep to one's word
- to hold (i.e. to remain valid)
- to count (i.e. to be important)
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4–4 · suan4 shu4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
syun3 sou3
Cantonese word readings for 算數. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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verb
- to count numbers; to perform simple calculations (such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, etc)
- to count; to matter; to hold
- to be over
- (Cantonese) to forget it; to let it be; to leave it be
- (Southern Min, Hakka) to settle accounts; to balance the books; to make out the bills
- (Southern Min, Puxian Min) to square; to settle accounts (with somebody); to get even
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