| 加减乘除 |
jiā jiǎn chéng chú |
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic |
| 加 |
Jiā |
Canada (abbr. for 加拿大) / surname Jia |
| 加 |
jiā |
to add / (math.) plus / to increase; to augment / (used before a disyllabic verb, often after an adverb like 不, 大, 稍 etc, to indicate that the action applies to sth previously mentioned, as in 稍加改良 "make some minor improvements to (it)") |
| 减 |
jiǎn |
to lower / to decrease / to reduce / to subtract / to diminish |
| 乘 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng |
| 乘 |
chéng |
to ride / to mount / to make use of / to avail oneself of / to take advantage of / to multiply (math.) / Buddhist sect or creed |
| 乘 |
shèng |
(archaic) four horse military chariot / (archaic) four / generic term for history books |
| 乘 |
chéng |
old variant of 乘 |
| 乘除 |
chéng chú |
to multiply and divide |
| 除 |
chú |
to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including |