未
知
数

Unknown quantity in Chinese: 未知数 (wèi zhī shù)

wèi zhī shù

unknown quantity

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 未知數1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1unknown quantity

Stroke order

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未
知
数

Zhuyin

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ㄨㄟˋ

wèi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄓ

zhī

ㄓ/ zh—/ first tone

ㄕㄨˋ

shù

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

未知数

Simplified

未知數

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他能不能来还是个未知数。

    tā néng bu néng lái hái shì gè wèi zhī shù。

    Whether he can come is still an unknown.

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Related words

数

shù

number

未

wèi

not yet

知道

zhī dào

to know

数学

shù xué

mathematics

数量

shù liàng

amount

数字

shù zì

numeral

通知

tōng zhī

to notify

知识

zhī shi

knowledge

数据

shù jù

data

数码

shù mǎ

number

未必

wèi bì

not necessarily

未来

wèi lái

future

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