无理数

無理數
wúlǐshù
noun #56,887

Meanings

  1. 1 irrational number

Examples

HSK 6
Yuánzhōulǜ shì yí ge wúlǐshù.
Pi is an irrational number.
HSK 7-9
Wúlǐshù bù néng xiěchéng liǎng ge zhěngshù de bǐ, tā de xiǎoshù bùfen wúxiàn bù xúnhuán.
An irrational number can't be written as a ratio of two integers, and its decimal part goes on forever without repeating.

Tips

mistakes
无理 here renders the English "irrational" word for word, and in mathematics it means "not a ratio of whole numbers". It has nothing to do with 无理 "unreasonable", as in 无理取闹.
usage
Together with the 有理数 "rational numbers" they make up the 实数 "real numbers".

Stroke Order

无 wú
理 lǐ
数 shù