How to Say "Division" in Chinese

除法

chú fǎ

除法 (chú fǎ) is the Chinese word for division.

除法 refers to the act or process of dividing anything.

Meaning: act or process of dividing anything (noun)

What does it mean word for word?

The first character in the term, 除, means to divide or to eliminate.

In Cantonese, the term 除 is commonly used for division.

When you are performing the operation of division within a sentence, use the phrase 除以 to mean 'divided by'.

chú fǎ

While 除法 is the mathematical term, the character 除 is also used in the phrase 除夕, which refers to New Year's Eve. In this context, it means 'removing' the old year to make way for the new one.
Chinese has a specific term 除尽 to describe a division that results in no remainder. This literally translates to 'dividing until exhausted'.
The word 法 in 除法 translates to 'law', 'method', or 'way', meaning that 'division' literally translates to the 'method of dividing' in Chinese.

孩子們還沒上過除法。
The children haven't studied division yet.
This sentence shows how to describe whether children have studied 除法.
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十除以五
Ten divided by five
数学老师正在教我们除法的概念。
The math teacher is teaching us the concept of division.
我不知道十除以五等于多少。
I don't know what ten divided by five equals.
十除以二等于五。
Ten divided by two equals five.
這道題目是在考除法。
zhè dào tí mù shì zài kǎo chú fǎ.
This problem is testing division.
我們需要練習除法。
wǒ men xū yào liàn xí chú fǎ.
We need to practice division.

A tutor is helping a student with math homework.

梓涵 Zihan

志强，你會除法嗎？
zhì qiáng, nǐ huì chú fǎ ma?
Zhiqiang, do you know how to do division?
志强 Zhiqiang

除法對我來說有點難。
chú fǎ duì wǒ lái shuō yǒu diǎn nán.
Division is a bit difficult for me.
梓涵 Zihan

別擔心，我會教你。
bié dān xīn, wǒ huì jiāo nǐ.
Don't worry, I will teach you.
志强 Zhiqiang

謝謝梓涵妳的幫助。
xiè xiè zǐ hán nǐ de bāng zhù.
Thank you for your help, Zihan.

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