dào
shù

HSK 7-9
technical
math
noun

Meaning of 倒数

倒数 means multiplicative inverse; reciprocal. Pronounced dào shù. HSK 7-9.

  • multiplicative inverse; reciprocal

Definitions & Examples

5
de
dào
shù
shì
1
fēn/
zhī5
 

The reciprocal of 5 is 1/5.

Zhè
ge
fēn
shù
méi
yǒu
dào
shù
 
yīn
wèi
líng
néng
zuò
fēn
 

This fraction has no reciprocal because zero cannot be the denominator.

Qiú
ge
shù
de
dào
shù
zài
dài
shù
zhōng
hěn
cháng
jiàn
 

Finding the reciprocal of a number is very common in algebra.