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Digit in Chinese

digit · HSK 4

数字 shù zì

  1. 数 shù number
  2. 字 zì character

请在这里写一个数字。 Please write a number here.

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How do you say digit in Chinese?

Digit in Chinese is 数字 (shù zì). You can also say 位 (wèi).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.