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二十七 (èr shí qī) — twenty-seven

Definition

numeral
twenty-seven

Examples

  • 二十七。
    Wǒ jīn nián èr shí qī suì.
    I am twenty-seven years old this year.
  • 二十七。
    Shū jià shàng fàng le èr shí qī běn shū.
    There are twenty-seven books placed on the bookshelf.
  • 二十七。
    Cóng yí dào èr shí qī de shù zì wǒ dōu xiě hǎo le.
    I have written the numbers from one to twenty-seven.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

二十twenty
二èrtwo十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
七qīseven

二十 means two tens and 七 means seven, together giving twenty-seven.

Characters in this word

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.

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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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