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二十八 (èr shí bā) — twenty-eight

Definition

numeral
twenty-eight

Examples

  • 二十八。
    Tā jīn nián èr shí bā suì.
    He is twenty-eight years old this year.
  • 二十八。
    Wǒ mǎi le èr shí bā gè píng guǒ.
    I bought twenty-eight apples.
  • 二十八，。
    Cóng yí dào èr shí bā, nǐ shǔ yí biàn.
    Count from one to twenty-eight.

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
八bāeight

二十 is two tens, and 八 adds eight, giving the number twenty-eight.

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.

八 shows two bent lines, indicating the original meaning 'to divide'; it was later used for 'eight' because the words sounded alike.

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