五十一 (wǔ shí yī) — fifty-one

Definition

numeral
fifty-one

Examples

  • 五十一。
    Wǒ yé ye jīn nián wǔ shí yī suì le.
    My grandpa is 51 years old this year.
  • 五十一。
    Zhè ge hào mǎ de zuì hòu liǎng wèi shì wǔ shí yī.
    The last two digits of this number are 51.
  • 五十一。
    Zhè běn shū de jià gé shì wǔ shí yī kuài.
    The price of this book is 51 yuan.

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.

五十fifty
五wǔfive十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
一yīone

五十 combines five tens, and 一 adds one, giving fifty-one.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

An older form had a crossed mark between a top bar and a bottom bar. The modern 五 keeps those bars, while the original idea is uncertain.

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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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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

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