负数 (fù shù) — negative number (in mathematics)

Definition

Examples

• 在温度计上，零下的数字用负数表示。
  Zài wēn dù jì shàng, líng xià de shù zì yòng fù shù biǎo shì.
  On a thermometer, numbers below zero are shown as negative numbers.
• 学习负数时，要理解它与正数的关系。
  Xué xí fù shù shí, yào lǐ jiě tā yǔ zhèng shù de guān xì.
  When studying negative numbers, you need to understand their relationship with positive numbers.
• 这道题的答案是一个负数。
  Zhè dào tí de dá àn shì yí gè fù shù.
  The answer to this problem is a negative number.