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    Referring to mathematics with 数学 (shùxué)

    Topic & Focus

    Structure

    数学 + Noun

    Explanation

    数学 (shùxué) is a noun meaning "mathematics" or "math." It refers to the academic subject or field of study. It commonly appears as a modifier before other nouns like 课 (kè, "class") or 老师 (lǎoshī, "teacher") to specify the subject area.

    Examples

    • 我从小就对数学很感兴趣。

      Wǒ cóngxiǎo jiù duì shùxué hěn gǎn xìngqù.

      I've been interested in math since I was little.

    • 他是我们学校的数学老师。

      Tā shì wǒmen xuéxiào de shùxué lǎoshī.

      He is the math teacher at our school.

    • 这道数学题太难了，我想了半天也没做出来。

      Zhè dào shùxué tí tài nán le, wǒ xiǎng le bàntiān yě méi zuò chūlái.

      This math problem is too hard; I thought about it for a long time but still couldn't solve it.

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