shǔ

to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 5 trad. 數

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Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

让我数数班里来了多少人。

Let me count how many came to class today.

剩几个苹果你数过了吗?

Have you counted how many apples remain?