六十八 (liù shí bā) — sixty-eight

Definition

numeral
sixty-eight

Examples

  • 六十八。
    Tā jīn nián liù shí bā suì le.
    He is 68 years old this year.
  • 六十八。
    Wǒ men bān yǒu liù shí bā gè xué shēng.
    Our class has 68 students.
  • 六十八。
    Zhè běn shū de jià qián shì liù shí bā kuài.
    The price of this book is 68 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.

六十sixty
六liùsix十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
八bāeight

六十 and 八 give sixty and eight, so the sense is sixty-eight.

Characters in this word

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

The shape of 六 may come from a simple drawing of a shed, or from an ancient counting mark.

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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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