# 倒數
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dàoshǔ
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄕㄨˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dao$^4$ su$^3$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): dāofù
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dou$^3$ sou$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tò-sò͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàoshǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄕㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàoshǔ
*** Wade–Giles: tao$^4$-shu$^3$
*** Yale: dàu-shǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawshuu
*** Palladius: даошу (daošu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: dao$^4$ su$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: daosu
*** Sinological IPA : /tau²¹³ su⁵³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: dāofù
*** Sinological IPA : /tau⁵⁵ fu⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dou$^3$ sou$^2$
*** Yale: dou sóu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dou$^3$ sou$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dou$^3$ sou$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tou̯³³ sou̯³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tò-sò͘
*** Tâi-lô: tò-sòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doirsox
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ²¹⁻⁴¹ sɔ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /to¹¹⁻⁵³ sɔ¹¹/

#### Verb

倒數
* to count down
    除夕倒數／除夕倒数 [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― ceoi$^4$ zik$^6$ dou$^3$ sou$^2$ [Jyutping] ― New Year countdown
** 2006, 黃玉珮, editor, 英語遊戲百寶箱（一） [Game Time 1], Taipei: 佳音事業股份有限公司, →ISBN, page 47:
       Dāng xuéshēng tīngdào mǒuge zì shí, bìxū zhàn qǐlái, tiào shàng tiào xià, ránhòu zài nǐ cóng shí dàoshǔ dào yī shí jǐn kěnéng dàjiào. [Pinyin]
       when student's 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 (often modifies an ordinal number)
    倒數第一名／倒数第一名 ― dàoshǔ dì-yī míng ― the last
       páimíng dàoshǔ dì-èr [Pinyin]
       to be ranked second last
** 1832, 李汝珍, chapter 69, in 鏡花緣 [Flowers in the Mirror]‎, 芥子園藏版:
       jiānglái diànshì nǐ shì dàoshǔ dì-èr, Quánzhēn jiějie shì dàoshǔ dì-yī [Pinyin]
       In the future court examination, you will be second last, and sister Quanzhen will come last
** 2013, 羅世宏, “公民數位典藏：從理論實踐到行動反思”, in 羅世宏, editor, 《公民數位典藏：理論×實踐×反思》, →ISBN, page 36:
       Yún-Jiā-Nán dìqū yě yīzhí shì Táiwān jiāhù suǒdé páimíng dàoshǔ de jǐge xiànshì [Pinyin]
       The Yunlin–Chiayi–Tainan area has always been the lowest ranking counties and cities in Taiwan for family income

##### Derived terms

* 倒數計時 / 倒数计时

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dàoshù
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄕㄨˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dou$^2$ sou$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tò-sò͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàoshù
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄕㄨˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàoshù
*** Wade–Giles: tao$^4$-shu$^4$
*** Yale: dàu-shù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawshuh
*** Palladius: даошу (daošu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dàoshùr
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄕㄨˋㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dàoshùr
*** Wade–Giles: tao$^4$-shu$^4$-ʼrh
*** Yale: dàu-shùr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawshull
*** Palladius: даошур (daošur)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂuɻʷ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dou$^2$ sou$^3$
*** Yale: dóu sou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dou$^2$ sou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dou$^2$ sou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tou̯³⁵ sou̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tò-sò͘
*** Tâi-lô: tò-sòo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doirsox
*** IPA (Xiamen): /to²¹⁻⁵³ sɔ²¹/

#### Noun

倒數
* (mathematics) reciprocal; inverse
** 1996, 張文忠, editor, 《高等數學中的反例》, Taipei: 中央圖書出版社, →ISBN, page 50:數列$\left\{{\frac {1}{n^{2}}}\right\}$收斂於零，而由它各項的倒數所組成的數列為$\{n^{2}\}$，是發散的。The sequence $\left\{{\frac {1}{n^{2}}}\right\}$ converges to zero, and the sequence made with the reciprocal of each of its members, $\{n^{2}\}$, is divergent.

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tó-siàu
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó-siàu
*** Tâi-lô: tó-siàu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doysiaux
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ siau²¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ siau¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ siau⁴¹/

#### Verb

倒數
* (Hokkien) to not repay a debt
** 2022 August 28, 李南衡 [Lí Lâm-hêng], “中國ê制裁，啥人ē驚？ [Tiong-kok ê chè-chhâi, siáⁿ lâng ē kiaⁿ?]”, in 《綠色短評》 [Le̍k-sek Toán-phêng]‎, archived from the original on 2024-12-24:
       Chòe-kīn Hô-lâm-séng chhun-tìn gîn-hâng tó-siàu, put-chún chûn-khoán-jîn khì niá chîⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
       Lately, banks in villages and townships in the province of Henan are refusing to repay debts; they are not letting depositors withdraw funds

##### Synonyms

* 倒債／倒债
* 賴賬／赖账

#### Noun

倒數
* (Hokkien) bad debt

##### Synonyms

* 呆賬／呆账 (dāizhàng)
* 倒賬／倒账