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四十五 (sì shí wǔ) — forty-five

Definition

numeral
forty-five

Examples

  • 四十五。
    Tā jīn nián sì shí wǔ suì le.
    He is forty-five years old this year.
  • 四十五。
    Zhè běn shū de jià gé shì sì shí wǔ kuài qián.
    The price of this book is forty-five yuan.
  • 四十五。
    Wǒ men bān yǒu sì shí wǔ gè xué shēng.
    Our class has forty-five students.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

四十
四sìfour十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
五wǔfive

四 (four) with 十 (ten) makes forty, and 五 (five) adds the units.

Characters in this word

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

The form 四 was drawn as a nose breathing out. It later came to be used for the word four.

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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.

Open 十 →

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.

Open 五 →
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