三十一 (sān shí yī) — thirty-one

Definition

numeral
thirty-one
Easily confused

Examples

  • 三十一。
    Tā jīn nián sān shí yī suì.
    He is thirty-one years old this year.
  • 三十一。
    Zhè jiàn yī fu zhǐ yào sān shí yī kuài qián.
    This piece of clothing only costs thirty-one yuan.
  • 三十一。
    Wǒ zhù zài sān shí yī hào fáng jiān.
    I live in room number thirty-one.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

三十thirty
三sānthree十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
一yīone

三十 and 一 combine additively to mean thirty-one.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

三 is drawn as three parallel strokes, like 一 with one stroke and 二 with two.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

Open 十 →

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →

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