English Explanatory Dictionary

suanpan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Chinese abacus with two beads on each rod in the upper deck and five beads on each rod in the bottom deck.

Word forms

suanpan suanpans schwanpan souanpan suan-pan swanpan swan-pan

Etymology

From Mandarin 算盤／算盘 (suànpán).

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