三十七 (sān shí qī) — thirty-seven

Definition

numeral
thirty-seven
Easily confused

Examples

  • 三十七。
    Wǒ yǒu sān shí qī běn shū.
    I have thirty-seven books.
  • 三十七。
    Zhè běn shū sān shí qī kuài qián.
    This book costs thirty-seven yuan.
  • 三十七。
    Wǒ men bān yǒu sān shí qī gè xué shēng.
    Our class has thirty-seven 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.

三十thirty
三sānthree十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
七qīseven

三 and 十 make thirty, then 七 adds seven, giving thirty-seven.

Characters in this word

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 →

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 →

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 →

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