乘法表

chéngfǎbiǎo

noun #34,894

Measure Word

一张乘法表 zhāng

Meanings

1 multiplication table
2 times table

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

小学生都要背乘法表。

Xiǎoxuéshēng dōu yào bèi chéngfǎbiǎo.

Elementary school students all have to memorize the multiplication table.

HSK 4

他三岁就会背乘法表了。

Tā sān suì jiù huì bèi chéngfǎbiǎo le.

He could recite the times table at age three.

Tips

culture

Chinese kids learn the 9x9 乘法表 (called 九九表 or 九九乘法口诀) by chant: 一一得一，一二得二... It's only 9x9 because Chinese uses commutativity (you don't repeat 2x3 after 3x2), making memorization shorter than the Western 12x12 table.

Stroke Order

乘 chéng

法 fǎ

表 biǎo