Chinese word

次数

Pronunciation

Pinyincì shù

Meaning

  • nounnumber of times

Example

请告诉我发生的次数。qǐng gào sù wǒ fā shēng de cì shù

Please tell me how many times it happened.

Illustration for 次数 (number of times)

More examples

我们要统计每种错误的出现次数。wǒ men yào tǒng jì méi zhǒng cuò wù de chū xiàn cì shù

We need to count how many times each type of error occurs.

Core concept

A measurable total formed by adding one mark for each event occurrence.

Common phrases

  • 出现次数chū xiàn cì shù

    number of occurrences

  • 次数统计cì shù tǒng jì

    occurrence count

  • 次数分布cì shù fēn bù

    frequency distribution

Similar words

回数huí shù: The total number of times an action is carried out or an event takes place.
频率pín lǜ: The rate or regularity with which something occurs over a set period.
次cì: A counted occasion on which an event or action occurs.

Definition in Chinese

用于表示某事发生了多少次，侧重记录实际发生的回数。yòng yú biǎo shì mǒu shì fā shēng le duō shǎo cì cè zhòng jì lù shí jì fā shēng de huí shù

Word origin

次数 (cìshù, "number of times") joins 次 (cì, "occasion") with 数 (shù, "number") to name the numerical total of repeated occasions.

Usage tips

  • English can use "times" in both everyday counting and multiplication, but this Chinese noun is used for an event record rather than a mathematical operation.

Related words

  • 次数分布cì shù fēn bùfrequency distributionnoun
  • 次数表cì shù biǎofrequency tablenoun

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