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十
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
七十
qīshí
seventy
三十
sānshí
thirty
九十
jiǔshí
ninety
二十
èrshí
twenty
五十
wǔshí
fifty
八十
bāshí
eighty
六十
liùshí
sixty
十一
shíyī
eleven
十七
shíqī
seventeen
十三
shísān
thirteen
十九
shíjiǔ
nineteen
十二
shíèr
twelve
十五
shíwǔ
fifteen
十位
shíwèi
the tens place (or column) in the decimal system
十倍
shíbèi
tenfold
十亿
shíyì
one billion
十克
shíkè
decagram
十全
shíquán
perfect
十八
shíbā
eighteen
十六
shíliù
sixteen
Example Sentences (10)
十年过去了，现在他已经是校长了，因为太忙，每天早上我起床后都看不到他，晚上很晚他才回到家。
Shí nián guòqù le, xiànzài tā yǐjīng shì xiàozhǎng le, yīnwèi tài máng, měitiān zǎoshang wǒ qǐchuáng hòu dōu kàn bú dào tā, wǎnshang hěn wǎn tā cái huídào jiā.
Ten years have passed. Now he is already the principal. Because he's so busy, every morning after I get up I can't see him, and he doesn't get home until very late at night.
Text 4
您从大学毕业开始工作，到现在才十年时间，怎么给公司赚了这么多钱？这让我非常吃惊。我想向您学习一下成功的经验。
Nín cóng dàxué bìyè kāishǐ gōngzuò, dào xiànzài cái shí nián shíjiān, zěnme gěi gōngsī zhuàn le zhème duō qián? Zhè ràng wǒ fēicháng chījīng. Wǒ xiǎng xiàng nín xuéxí yíxià chénggōng de jīngyàn.
You started working after graduating from university, and it’s only been ten years up to now. How did you make the company so much money? This really surprises me. I want to learn from you about your successful experience.
Text 2
航班本来是十点的，后来机场网站上通知推迟了一个小时，所以九点半以前到就应该没问题。
Hángbān běnlái shì shí diǎn de, hòulái jīchǎng wǎngzhàn shàng tōngzhī tuīchí le yí gè xiǎoshí, suǒyǐ jiǔ diǎn bàn yǐqián dào jiù yīnggāi méi wèntí.
The flight was originally at 10:00; later the airport website announced a one-hour delay, so arriving before 9:30 should be no problem.
Text 1
我十一岁的时候开始踢足球，已经踢了十年了。
Wǒ shíyī suì de shíhòu kāishǐ tī zúqiú, yǐjīng tī le shí nián le.
I started playing soccer when I was eleven years old, and I have been playing for ten years.
Text 3
我睡得也早，我每天晚上十点就睡觉。早睡早起身体好。
wǒ shuì de yě zǎo, wǒ měi tiān wǎnshang shí diǎn jiù shuì jiào. zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ shēntǐ hǎo.
I also go to bed early. I go to bed at ten every night. Going to bed early and getting up early is good for your health.
Text 1
是吗？毕业都快十年了，真想大家啊！
Shì ma? Bìyè dōu kuài shí nián le, zhēn xiǎng dàjiā a!
Really? It's been almost ten years since graduation. I really miss everyone!
Text 2
这些五块钱一个，那些十块钱一个。
Zhèxiē wǔ kuài qián yí gè, nàxiē shí kuài qián yí gè.
These are five yuan each; those are ten yuan each.
Text 1
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 111
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,072 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 24