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二十九 (èr shí jiǔ) — twenty-nine

Definition

numeral
twenty-nine

Examples

  • 二十九。
    Wǒ jīn nián èr shí jiǔ suì.
    I am twenty-nine years old this year.
  • 二十九。
    Bān lǐ zhǐ yǒu èr shí jiǔ gè xué shēng.
    There are only twenty-nine students in the class.
  • 二十九。
    Tā zhù zài èr shí jiǔ lóu.
    He lives on the twenty-ninth floor.

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
九jiǔnine

二十 (twenty) and 九 (nine) combine to mean twenty-nine.

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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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape comes from a stylized hand bent at the wrist, with the lower-right hook showing the bend. Later, it was taken to show a tightened fist bumping up to ten, giving the number nine.

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