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二十五 (èr shí wǔ) — twenty-five

Definition

numeral
twenty-five

Examples

  • 二十五。
    Tā yǐ jīng èr shí wǔ suì le.
    He is already 25 years old.
  • 二十五。
    Zhè ge bān yǒu èr shí wǔ gè xué shēng.
    This class has 25 students.
  • 二十五。
    Jīn tiān shì èr shí wǔ hào.
    Today is the 25th.

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
五wǔfive

“二十” (twenty) and “五” (five) add up to twenty-five.

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.

An older form had a crossed mark between a top bar and a bottom bar. The modern 五 keeps those bars, while the original idea is uncertain.

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