六十九 (liù shí jiǔ) — sixty-nine

Definition

numeral
sixty-nine

Examples

  • 六十九。
    Zhè ge shū bāo shì liù shí jiǔ kuài qián.
    This backpack is sixty-nine kuai.
  • 六十九。
    Wǒ yé ye jīn nián liù shí jiǔ suì le.
    My grandpa is sixty-nine years old this year.
  • 六十九。
    Qǐng qù liù shí jiǔ hào fáng jiān.
    Please go to room sixty-nine.

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.

六十sixty
六liùsix十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
九jiǔnine

六十 gives sixty and 九 gives nine, adding up to 69.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 六 may come from a simple drawing of a shed, or from an ancient counting mark.

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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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