除法

chúfǎ

noun #30,135

Meanings

1 division (mathematics)

Characters

to remove; to divide

Examples

HSK 7-9

我们今天学加减乘除四则运算中的除法。

Wǒmen jīntiān xué jiā jiǎn chéng chú sìzé yùnsuàn zhōng de chúfǎ.

Today we're learning division, one of the four basic arithmetic operations.

HSK 7-9

这道除法题没有余数。

Zhè dào chúfǎ tí méiyǒu yúshù.

This division problem has no remainder.

Tips

memory

除 means "to remove/divide out" + 法 "method" - literally "the method of dividing out." Pairs with 加法 (addition), 减法 (subtraction), 乘法 (multiplication).

Stroke Order

除 chú

法 fǎ