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Sally
how do you say "算盘"?
我在词典里找到三个词abacus,abaci,counting frame,哪个才是?
15 apr. 2009 10:34
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Hello Sally,
算盘 suan4pan2 = "Abacus".
"Abaci" is the the plural of "Abacus",so it applies also since words don't have plural in Chinese.
"Counting frame" is the description of this machine or tablet.
So the 3 of them give the meaning, but you are going to use 'abacus' and 'abaci' in singular and plural.
15 april 2009
I thought the plural form of Abacus is "Abacuses". I didn't know "Abaci" is also plural form.
oh... I see.
16 april 2009
Heb je je antwoorden nog steeds niet gevonden?
Schrijf je vragen op en laat de moedertaalsprekers je helpen!
Sally
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Chinees (Mandarijn), Chinees (Shanghainees), Engels, Japans
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Engels, Japans
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