suan-pann.

/swan pan/

Forms: Also souan-, shwan-, swam-, swan-.

Etymology: Chinese, lit. reckoning board.

The Chinese abacus.

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abacus1686

suan-pan1736

bead-frame1858

soroban1891

counting-frame1920

1736 R. Brookes tr. J.-B. Du Halde et al. Gen. Hist. China III. 70 In casting up Accounts they [sc. the Chinese] make use of an Instrument called Souan pan.

1748 Gentleman's Mag. July 295/2 I desire to give the public a Swan Pan that in my opinion is much preferable to that of the Chinese.

1833 Penny Cycl. I. 7/1 This instrument, called in Chinese Shwanpan.

1836 J. F. Davis Chinese II. xviii. 296 A little apparatus called a Suân-pân, or ‘calculating dish’.

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 526/1 The swan-pan, still in constant use among the Chinese.

1917 S. Couling Encycl. Sinica 1/1 Suan p‘an, reckoning plate, the counting-board used by the Chinese.

1946 G. Stimpson Bk. about Thousand Things 207 Virtually all calculations were performed on the abacus, an apparatus resembling the Chinese suan pan or the bead-and-frame affairs now used in kindergarten work.

1973 T. R. Tregear Chinese vi. 128 A further six hours a week is devoted to arithmetic, when calculating with the abacus or suan p'an is learnt.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	suan-pan
释义	suan-pann. /swan pan/ Forms: Also souan-, shwan-, swam-, swan-. Etymology: Chinese, lit. reckoning board. The Chinese abacus. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical instruments > [noun] > arithmetical instrument > abacus abacus1686 suan-pan1736 bead-frame1858 soroban1891 counting-frame1920 1736 R. Brookes tr. J.-B. Du Halde et al. Gen. Hist. China III. 70 In casting up Accounts they [sc. the Chinese] make use of an Instrument called Souan pan. 1748 Gentleman's Mag. July 295/2 I desire to give the public a Swan Pan that in my opinion is much preferable to that of the Chinese. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 7/1 This instrument, called in Chinese Shwanpan. 1836 J. F. Davis Chinese II. xviii. 296 A little apparatus called a Suân-pân, or ‘calculating dish’. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 526/1 The swan-pan, still in constant use among the Chinese. 1917 S. Couling Encycl. Sinica 1/1 Suan p‘an, reckoning plate, the counting-board used by the Chinese. 1946 G. Stimpson Bk. about Thousand Things 207 Virtually all calculations were performed on the abacus, an apparatus resembling the Chinese suan pan or the bead-and-frame affairs now used in kindergarten work. 1973 T. R. Tregear Chinese vi. 128 A further six hours a week is devoted to arithmetic, when calculating with the abacus or suan p'an is learnt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1736
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