四十七 (sì shí qī) — forty-seven

Definition

numeral
forty-seven

Examples

  • 四十七。
    Wǒ yǒu sì shí qī běn shū.
    I have forty-seven books.
  • 四十七。
    Wǒ men bān yǒu sì shí qī gè xué shēng.
    Our class has forty-seven students.
  • 四十七。
    Tā jīn nián sì shí qī suì.
    He is forty-seven years old this year.

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.

四十40
四sìfour十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
七qīseven

四 (four), 十 (ten), and 七 (seven) make forty-seven.

Characters in this word

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.

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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 of 七 comes from two crossing lines: the top line runs left to right, and the next line goes down and across.

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