减号 (jiǎnhào) · minus sign

Measure Word

一个减号 gè

HSK 6

这道题你把减号看成加号了。

Zhè dào tí nǐ bǎ jiǎnhào kànchéng jiāhào le.

In this problem you mistook the minus sign for a plus sign.

HSK 7-9

在数字前面加一个减号，就表示负数。

Zài shùzì qiánmian jiā yí ge jiǎnhào, jiù biǎoshì fùshù.

A minus sign in front of a number makes it negative.

usage

The four arithmetic signs are 加号 (+), 减号 (−), 乘号 (×) and 除号 (÷). Read aloud, 5 − 3 is 五减三; the same sign in front of a number is read 负, so −3 is 负三.

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