四十三 (sì shí sān) — forty-three

Definition

numeral
forty-three
Easily confused

Examples

  • 四十三。
    Tā jīn nián sì shí sān suì.
    He is forty-three years old this year.
  • 四十三。
    Zhè běn shū yǒu sì shí sān yè.
    This book has forty-three pages.
  • 四十三。
    Wǒ men bān yǒu sì shí sān gè xué shēng.
    Our class has forty-three students.

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forty
四sìfour十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
三sānthree

四十 means four tens and 三 means three; together they make forty-three.

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.

Open 四 →

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 →

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.

Open 三 →

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