The plural form of "louse" is "lice".
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
复数
(linguistics) plural
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(linguistics) plural
02
(math.) complex number
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 复数 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 复数 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
This formula is valid for all complex numbers z with a real part greater than zero.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 复数.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 复数.
Directly before
- 的复数2
Directly after
- 复数形式1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 复数
What does 复数 mean in Chinese?
复数 (fùshù) means (linguistics) plural.
How do you pronounce 复数?
复数 is pronounced fùshù.
Is 复数 an HSK word?
复数 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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