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二十
èrshí
1. twenty
2. 20
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Compound Words (17)

二十多
èrshíduō
over 20
二十面体
èrshímiàntǐ
icosahedron
二十世纪
èrshíshìjì
20th century
二十六岁
èrshíliùsuì
26 years old
二十四史
ÈrshísìShǐ
the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century
二十四孝
ÈrshísìXiào
the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
二十一条
ÈrshíyīTiáo
the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915
二十一点
èrshíyīdiǎn
blackjack (card game)
二十五史
èrshíwǔshǐ
twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)
二十八宿
èrshíbāxiù
the twenty-eight constellations
二十一世纪
èrshíyīshìjì
21st century
三七二十一
sānqīèrshíyī
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
二十四节气
èrshísìjiéqi
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
茄二十八星瓢虫
qiéèrshíbāxīngpiáochóng
28-spotted ladybird
不管三七二十一
bùguǎnsānqīèrshíyī
regardless of the consequences
二十年目睹之怪现状
ÈrshíNiánMùdǔzhīGuàiXiànzhuàng
The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren [[吳趼人]], classified as "novel of denunciation" [[譴責小說|谴责小说<qiǎnzéxiǎoshuō>]]
一部二十四史,不知从何说起
yībùèrshísìshǐ,bùzhīcónghéshuōqǐ
It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.

Example Sentences (8)

听说您跟妻子结婚快二十年了?
Tīng shuō nín gēn qī zi jié hūn kuài èr shí nián le?
I heard you and your wife have been married for almost twenty years?
Text 3
不远,走路二十分钟就到。
Bù yuǎn, zǒulù èrshí fēnzhōng jiù dào.
Not far; it's a 20-minute walk.
Text 4
是啊,你不知道?我上个月就搬家了,走路二十分钟就到。
Shì a, nǐ bù zhī dào? Wǒ shàng gè yuè jiù bān jiā le, zǒu lù èr shí fēn zhōng jiù dào.
Yeah, you didn’t know? I moved last month; it’s only a 20-minute walk.
Text 3
二十八块。
Èrshíbā kuài.
Twenty-eight yuan.
Text 3
到6月9号,我们就结婚二十年了。这么多年,我们的生活一直挺幸福的。
Dào liù yuè jiǔ hào, wǒmen jiù jiéhūn èrshí nián le. Zhème duō nián, wǒmen de shēnghuó yìzhí tǐng xìngfú de.
By June 9th, we'll have been married for twenty years. All these years, our life has always been quite happy.
Text 3
二十分钟就到。
èr shí fēn zhōng jiù dào.
Be there in twenty minutes.
Text 2
一个没有电梯,不方便。一个有电梯,但是在二十层。
Yí gè méiyǒu diàntī, bù fāngbiàn. Yí gè yǒu diàntī, dànshì zài èr shí céng.
One doesn't have an elevator, not convenient. One has an elevator, but it's on the 20th floor.
Text 1
二十层怎么了?
èr shí céng zěn me le?
What happened on the 20th floor?
Text 1

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