Qing Wen: Let's Do Math In Chinese! | Intermediate Lesson | ChinesePod

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In today's lesson we're going to learn some key mathematical phrases

Despite learning how to say numbers very early on in your studies, it's quite possible to reach a good level of Chinese without knowing some very basic terms of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Today we teach you these key math terms so that you can start saying equations, testing your friends mental math ability, or understand what people are saying when they are adding up at the counter when buying things.

Key Dialogue:
数学 (shùxué) - maths, mathematics
数学符号 (shùxué fúhào) - mathematical symbols
加、减、乘、除、等于 (jiā、 jiǎn、 chéng、 chú、 děngyú) - add, minus, multiply, divide, equals
等号 (děnghào) - the equals sign
加法 (jiāfǎ) - addition
一加一等于二 (yī jiā yī děngyú èr) - one plus one equals two
四十加三十六等于七十六 (sìshí jiā sānshíliù děngyú qīshí liù) - forty plus thirty six equals seventy six
减法 (jiǎnfǎ) - subtraction
十减六等于四 (shí jiǎn liù děngyú sì) - ten minus six equals four
乘法 (chéngfǎ) - multiplication
一百五乘以二等于三百 (yībǎi wǔ chéngyǐ èr děngyú sānbǎi) - One hundred and fifty multiplied by two equals three hundred.
这是一张四乘六的照片 (zhè shì yīzhāng sì chéng liù de zhàopiàn) - This is a four by six (sized) photograph
九九乘法表 (jiǔjiǔchéngfǎbiǎo) - the multiplication table/times table
三一得三 (sān yī dé sān) - three times one gets three
三七二十一 (sān qī èrshíyī) - three seven twenty one
除法 (chúfǎ) - division
六除以三等于二 (liù chúyǐ sān děngyú èr) - six divided by three equals two
米、公尺 (mǐ、 gōngchǐ) - meter, foot
六十平方米、六十平方公尺 (liùshí píngfāngmǐ、 liùshí píngfāng gōngchǐ) - six meters squared
圆周率 (yuánzhōulǜ) - the circular ratio; pi
小数点 (xiǎoshǔdiǎn) - decimal point
三点一四一五九二九 (sān diǎn yī sì yī wǔ jiǔ èr jiǔ) - 3.1415929

Editor's note:
At around 10:45, Constance says 六十平方米 and the Chinese subtitle reads the same. However, in English it says "six square meters." This should be sixty, not six.

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