numeral · digit · number · figure · amount · digital (electronics etc) · CL: gè

shù zì

sh+ù·4th tonez+ì·4th tone

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These figures don't add up.

这些数字总数不符。

My favourite number is three.

我最爱的数字是3。

Two figures did not match.

两个数字不匹配。

In this secret code, each number stands for a letter of the alphabet.

在这个密码里，每个数字取代了一个字母。

There are two zeros in the number "2010."

2010这个数字里有两个零。

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