进制

進制

jìnzhì

noun

Meanings

1 base (of a number system)
2 radix
3 numeral system

Characters

to advance, to enter

Examples

HSK 4

计算机内部使用二进制。

Jìsuànjī nèibù shǐyòng èrjìnzhì.

Computers internally use binary (base-2).

HSK 5

请把这个数转换成十六进制。

Qǐng bǎ zhège shù zhuǎnhuàn chéng shíliù jìnzhì.

Please convert this number into hexadecimal.

Tips

usage

Usually appears as a suffix: 二进制 (binary), 八进制 (octal), 十进制 (decimal), 十六进制 (hexadecimal). Literally 'advance system' - each position advances to the next place value.

Stroke Order

进 jìn

制 zhì