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十三 (shí sān) — thirteen

Definition

numeral
thirteen

Examples

  • 十三。
    Tā jīn nián shí sān suì.
    He is thirteen years old this year.
  • 十三。
    Wǒ jiā zhù zài shí sān hào lóu.
    My family lives in Building 13.
  • 十三。
    Zhè liè huǒ chē yǒu shí sān jié chē xiāng.
    This train has thirteen carriages.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

十shíten
三sānthree

十 and 三 together express ten plus three, forming thirteen.

Characters in this word

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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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

三 is drawn as three parallel strokes, like 一 with one stroke and 二 with two.

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