质数 (zhì shù) — prime number

Definition

Examples

• 2是最小的质数。
  2 Shì zuì xiǎo de zhì shù.
  2 is the smallest prime number.
• 一个质数只能被一和它自己整除。
  Yí gè zhì shù zhǐ néng bèi yì hé tā zì jǐ zhěng chú.
  A prime number can only be divided by one and itself.
• 数学家们一直研究质数的性质。
  Shù xué jiā men yì zhí yán jiū zhì shù de xìng zhì.
  Mathematicians have been studying the properties of prime numbers.