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二十一 (èr shí yī) — twenty-one

Definition

numeral
twenty-one

Examples

  • 二十一。
    Wǒ jīn nián èr shí yī suì.
    I am twenty-one years old this year.
  • 二十一。
    Tā mǎi le èr shí yī běn shū.
    He bought twenty-one books.
  • 二十一。
    Fáng jiān hào shì èr shí yī hào.
    The room number is twenty-one.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

二十twenty
二èrtwo十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
一yīone

二十 is 二 (two) with 十 (ten), and 一 adds one.

Characters in this word

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

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

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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.

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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.

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