数 shǔ / shù / shuò in a sentence
Count (list - rank); Number (amount); Frequently (repeatedly)
数 (shǔ / shù / shuò) means Count (list - rank), Number (amount), Frequently (repeatedly). Below are 24 of the 53 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请 数 一下有多少人。
Qǐng shǔ yíxià yǒu duōshao rén.
Please count how many people there are.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 数
他 数 了 数 手里的钱。
Tā shǔ le shǔ shǒu lǐ de qián.
He counted the money in his hand.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 数
说过的话要算 数 。
Shuō guo de huà yào suànshù.
What one has said should count.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 算数
请保留原始 数 据。
Qǐng bǎoliú yuánshǐ shùjù.
Please keep the original data.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 原始
老师给他辅导 数 学。
Lǎoshī gěi tā fǔdǎo shùxué.
The teacher tutors him in maths.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 辅导
这家店卖 数 码产品。
Zhè jiā diàn mài shùmǎ chǎnpǐn.
This shop sells digital products.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 数码
天上有无 数 颗星星。
Tiān shàng yǒu wúshù kē xīngxing.
There are countless stars in the sky.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 无数
数 据显示他说得对。
Shùjù xiǎnshì tā shuō de duì.
The data shows he was right.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 显示
不能私自改动 数 据。
Bù néng sīzì gǎidòng shùjù.
The data may not be altered privately.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 私自
他的 数 学成绩比较差。
Tā de shùxué chéngjì bǐjiào chà.
His maths results are rather poor.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 差
他是我们的 数 学老师。
Tā shì wǒmen de shùxué lǎoshī.
He is our maths teacher.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 数学
请把这些 数 字记下来。
Qǐng bǎ zhèxiē shùzì jì xiàlái.
Please write these numbers down.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 数字
请帮我计算一下总 数 。
Qǐng bāng wǒ jìsuàn yíxià zǒngshù.
Please work out the total for me.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 计算
他把 数 据输入了电脑。
Tā bǎ shùjù shūrù le diànnǎo.
He entered the data into the computer.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 输入
他买了一台 数 码相机。
Tā mǎi le yì tái shùmǎ xiàngjī.
He bought a digital camera.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 数码
他试了无 数 次才成功。
Tā shì le wúshù cì cái chénggōng.
He tried countless times before succeeding.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 无数
这笔款项的 数 额不小。
Zhè bǐ kuǎnxiàng de shù'é bù xiǎo.
The amount of this sum is not small.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 数额
人体由无 数 细胞组成。
Réntǐ yóu wúshù xìbāo zǔchéng.
The human body is made up of countless cells.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 细胞
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From the travel phrasebook
数 appears in 53 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 数
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 数
How is 数 used in a sentence?
This page shows 53 sentences using 数 (shǔ / shù / shuò, "Count (list - rank), Number (amount), Frequently (repeatedly)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 数 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 数 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 数 an HSK word?
Yes — 数 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 数?
The dictionary page for 数 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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