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八十 (bā shí) — eighty

Definition

numeral
eighty

Examples

  • 八十。
    Wǒ de nǎi nai jīn nián bā shí suì le.
    My grandma is eighty years old this year.
  • 八十。
    Zhè ge xī guā bā shí kuài qián.
    This watermelon is eighty yuan.
  • 八十。
    Wǒ men bān yǒu bā shí gè xué shēng.
    Our class has eighty students.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

八bāeight
十shíten

八 means eight and 十 means ten; eight tens form eighty.

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

八 shows two bent lines, indicating the original meaning 'to divide'; it was later used for 'eight' because the words sounded alike.

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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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