View source for 倒數

==Chinese==
{{was fwotd|zh|2024|December|31}}

===Etymology 1===
{{zh-forms|s=倒数|to invert; to move backwards|to count}}

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=dàoshǔ
|m-s=dao4su3
|m-x=dāofù
|c=dou3 sou2
|mn=tw:tò-sò͘
|cat=v
}}

====Verb====
{{zh-verb}}

# to [[count down]]
#: {{zh-co|除夕 倒{dou3}數{sou2}|New Year '''countdown'''|C-HK}}
#* {{quote-book|zh|year=2006|title=英語遊戲百寶箱（一）<t:Game Time 1>|editor=黃玉珮|location=Taipei|publisher=佳音事業股份有限公司|isbn=957-448-215-4|page=47|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=epiqQ-VtLsIC&pg=PA47}}
#*: {{zh-q|當 學生 聽-到 某個 字 時，必須 站 起來、跳 上 跳 下，然後 在 你 從 十 倒{dào}數{shǔ} 到 一 時 儘 可能 大叫。|when student's{{sic}} hear you say the word of the day, they should stand up, jump up and down, and scream as loud as they can as you '''count down''' from 10 to 1.}}
# to [[count]] [[backwards]]; to [[rank]] from the [[end]] of a [[list]] {{q|often modifies an ordinal number}}
#: {{zh-co|'''倒{dào}數{shǔ}''' 第--一 名|the last}}
#: {{zh-co|排名 '''倒{dào}數{shǔ}''' 第--二|to be ranked second last}}
#* {{quote-book|zh|year=1832|author=w:zh:李汝珍|title=w:zh:鏡花緣<t:{{w|Flowers in the Mirror}}>|chapter=69|publisher=芥子園藏版|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4YRJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP534}}
#*: {{zh-q|將來 殿試 你 是 倒{dào}數{shǔ} 第--二、^全-貞 姐姐{jie} 是 倒{dào}數{shǔ} 第--一|In the future court examination, you will be second last, and sister Quanzhen will come last}}
#* {{quote-book|zh|year=2013|author=羅世宏|chapter=公民數位典藏：從理論實踐到行動反思|editor=羅世宏|title=zh:《公民數位典藏：理論×實踐×反思》|isbn=978-986-03-7701-9|page=36|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=WiHqBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT22}}
#*: {{zh-q|^雲--^嘉--^南 地區 也 一直 是 ^台灣 家戶 所得 排名 倒{dào}數{shǔ} 的 幾個 縣市|The Yunlin–Chiayi–Tainan area has always been '''the lowest ranking''' counties and cities in Taiwan for family income}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col3|zh|倒數計時}}

===Etymology 2===
{{zh-forms|s=倒数|to turn upside down; to invert|number; figure}}

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|m=dàoshù,er=y
|c=dou2 sou3
|mn=xm:tò-sò͘
|cat=n
}}

====Noun====
{{head|zh|noun}}

# {{lb|zh|math}} [[reciprocal]]; [[inverse]]
#* {{quote-book|zh|year=1996|editor=張文忠|title=zh:《高等數學中的反例》|location=Taipei|publisher=中央圖書出版社|isbn=957-637-314-X|page=50|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=oNHVxINa-s8C&pg=PA50|text=數列<math>\left\{\frac{1}{n^2}\right\}</math>收斂於零，而由它各項的'''倒數'''所組成的數列為<math>\{n^2\}</math>，是發散的。|t=The sequence <math>\left\{\frac{1}{n^2}\right\}</math> converges to zero, and the sequence made with the '''reciprocal''' of each of its members, <math>\{n^2\}</math>, is divergent.}}

===Etymology 3===
{{zh-forms|s=倒数|to fall; to collapse; to fail|account; debt|alt=倒賬}}

====Pronunciation====
{{zh-pron
|mn=ml,tw:tó-siàu
|cat=v,n
}}

====Verb====
{{zh-verb}}

# {{lb|zh|Hokkien}} to not [[repay]] a [[debt]]
#* {{quote-journal|nan-hbl|date=2022-08-28|author=李南衡<tr:Lí Lâm-hêng>|title=中國ê制裁，啥人ē驚？<tr:Tiong-kok ê chè-chhâi, siáⁿ lâng ē kiaⁿ?>|url=https://taigu.fhl.net/green/green83.html|journal=zh:《綠色短評》<tr:Le̍k-sek Toán-phêng>|archiveurl=http://archive.today/JSa9n|archivedate=2024-12-24}}
#*: {{zh-q|^最近 河南~省 村{chhun}鎮 銀行 倒數，不准 存{chûn}款人{jîn} 去 領.錢|Lately, banks in villages and townships in the province of Henan are '''refusing to repay debts'''; they are not letting depositors withdraw funds|TW}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{zh-l|倒債}}
* {{zh-l|賴賬}}

====Noun====
{{head|zh|noun}}

# {{lb|zh|Hokkien}} [[bad debt]]

=====Synonyms=====
* {{zh-l|呆賬}}
* {{zh-l|倒賬}}