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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

偶数

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ǒushù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Even number/ˈiːvən ˈnʌmbər/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"数字六是一个偶数。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    An integer that is a multiple of two, meaning it can be divided by two evenly without leaving a remainder.

    "The number 42 is an even number because it is divisible by two."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'even', derived from Old English 'efen' meaning flat, level, or equal, and 'number', derived from Latin 'numerus'. Historically, numbers that could be divided equally into two integer parts were conceived of as 'level' or balanced numbers.

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