负数

負數

fùshù

noun #50,690

Meanings

1 negative number

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

比零小的数叫负数。

Bǐ líng xiǎo de shù jiào fùshù.

Numbers less than zero are called negative numbers.

HSK 6

这个月收入减去支出，结果是负数。

Zhège yuè shōurù jiǎnqù zhīchū, jiéguǒ shì fùshù.

This month, income minus spending comes out negative.

Tips

usage

The opposite is 正数 "positive number", and zero is neither. A minus sign in front of a number is read 负, so −3 is "fù sān", and the sign itself is a 负号.

Stroke Order

负 fù

数 shù