五十五 (wǔ shí wǔ) — fifty-five

Definition

numeral
fifty-five

Examples

  • 五十五。
    Wǒ yǒu wǔ shí wǔ běn shū.
    I have fifty-five books.
  • 五十五。
    Tā jīn nián wǔ shí wǔ suì.
    He is fifty-five years old this year.
  • 五十五。
    Zhè ge píng guǒ wǔ shí wǔ kuài qián.
    This apple costs fifty-five yuan.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

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

五十fifty
五wǔfive十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
五wǔfive

五 (five) and 十 (ten) make fifty, then 五 (five) adds to it.

Characters in this word

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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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.

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.

Open 五 →

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