乘法表

chéngfǎbiǎo

noun #34,894

Measure Word

一张乘法表 zhāng

Meanings

1 multiplication table
2 times table

Characters

Examples

小学生都要背乘法表。

Xiǎoxuéshēng dōu yào bèi chéngfǎbiǎo.

Elementary school students all have to memorize the multiplication table.

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 jiǔjiǔbiǎo 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