"Numbers" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shù jù data / numbers / digital
 chéng qiān shàng wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
 yǒng xiàn to emerge in large numbers / to spring up / to emerge prominently
 zì hào characters and numbers (as used in a code) / alphanumeric code / serial number
 yī one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
 shàng wàn over ten thousand / fig. untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
 lín lì to stand in great numbers
 jiàng fú degree of reduction (in prices, numbers etc) / decline / drop
 chéng qún in groups / large numbers of / grouping
 qiān qiān wàn wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
 suàn shù to count numbers / to keep to one's word / to hold (i.e. to remain valid) / to count (i.e. to be important)
 bèi chū to come forth in large numbers
 shù liè sequence of numbers / numerical series
 dì zhī the 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
 chéng qún jié duì making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom) / in large numbers / as a large crowd
 tiān gān the 10 heavenly stems 甲[jia3], 乙[yi3], 丙[bing3], 丁[ding1], 戊[wu4], 己[ji3], 庚[geng1], 辛[xin1], 壬[ren2], 癸[gui3], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
 yāo youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
 zēng bīng to reinforce / to increase troop numbers / reinforcements / extra troops
 dí zhòng wǒ guǎ multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers
 chéng qiān chéng wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
 zhòng guǎ xuán shū the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / unequally matched / overwhelmed by weight of numbers
 fán complicated / many / in great numbers / abbr. for 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3], traditional form of Chinese characters
 líng zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither
 yāo youngest / most junior / tiny / one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military) / one or ace on dice or dominoes / variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
 rén duō shì zhòng many men, a great force (idiom) / many hands provide great strength / There is safety in numbers.
 làn yú chōng shù lit. to play the yu 竽 / mouth organ to make up numbers (idiom) / fig. to make up the numbers with inferior products / to masquerade as having an ability / token member of a group
 chéng qiān lěi wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom) / untold numbers / innumerable / thousands upon thousands
 fēng yōng ér zhì to arrive in huge numbers / to flock there
 Mín shù jì Book of Numbers / Fourth Book of Moses
 shí zhí real-valued (math.) / taking real numbers as values (of a function)
 shí shù zhí real-valued (math.) / taking real numbers as values (of a function)
 shí shù jí set of real numbers
 shù yù number field (math.) / subfield of the field of complex numbers
 yǒu lǐ shù yù field of rational numbers (math.), usually denoted by Q
 yǒu lǐ shù jí set of rational numbers (math.)
 yǒng xiàn variant of 湧現|涌现, to emerge in large numbers / to spring up / to emerge prominently
 dá shù numerical answer (to a question in math.) / (Tw) (of troops) to shout numbers or phrases in unison (to keep in step or maintain morale)
 zhòu yì fán yǎn Descendants are great in numbers. (idiom)
 zì rán shù jí the set of natural numbers (math.)
 cái bīng to reduce troop numbers / disarmament
 fù shù yù field of complex numbers (math.), usually denoted by C
 jìn wèi fǎ system of writing numbers to a base, such as decimal or binary (math)
 yún yǒng in large numbers / in force / lit. clouds bubbling up
 hù lián wǎng míng chēng yǔ shù zì dì zhǐ fēn pèi jī gòu Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
  American Registry for Internet Numbers
 lián hào consecutive serial numbers / chain (of supermarkets, hotels etc) / hyphen
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