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二十四 (èr shí sì) — twenty-four

Definition

numeral
twenty-four

Examples

  • 二十四。
    Tā jīn nián èr shí sì suì.
    He is twenty-four years old this year.
  • 二十四。
    Yì tiān yǒu èr shí sì gè xiǎo shí.
    There are twenty-four hours in a day.
  • 二十四。
    Wǒ men bān yǒu èr shí sì gè xué shēng.
    Our class has twenty-four students.

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
四sìfour

二十 'two tens' and 四 'four' are added together to give twenty-four.

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.

Open 十 →

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

The form 四 was drawn as a nose breathing out. It later came to be used for the word four.

Open 四 →
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