三十三 (sān shí sān) — thirty-three

Definition

numeral
thirty-three
Easily confused

Examples

  • 三十三。
    Tā jīn nián sān shí sān suì.
    He is thirty-three years old this year.
  • 三十三。
    Zhè běn shū yǒu sān shí sān zhāng.
    This book has thirty-three chapters.
  • 三十三。
    Wǒ men bān yǒu sān shí sān gè xué shēng.
    Our class has thirty-three students.

Origin

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.

Open 三 →

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.

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

Open 三 →

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