七十二 (qī shí èr) — seventy-two

Definition

numeral
seventy-two

Examples

  • 七十二。
    Wǒ nǎi nai jīn nián qī shí èr suì le.
    My grandmother is seventy-two years old this year.
  • 七十二。
    Zhè ge bān yí gòng yǒu qī shí èr gè xué shēng.
    This class has a total of seventy-two students.
  • 七十二，。
    Tā jiā zhù zài qī shí èr hào, jiù zài chāo shì duì miàn.
    His home is at number seventy-two, right across from the supermarket.

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.

七十seventy
七qīseven十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
二èrtwo

七十 is seven tens and 二 adds two, making seventy-two.

Characters in this word

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.

Open 七 →

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.

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

Open 二 →

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