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十

shí

HSK 1 Character

What 十 means

1. ten
2. 10

Example sentences

• 数到十。
  Count to ten.
• 十分感谢。
  Thank you very much.
• 只要十元！
  It only costs $10.00!
• 我十八岁。
  I am eighteen years old.
• 数到三十。
  Count to thirty.
• 我三十岁。
  I'm thirty.

Words starting with 十

• 十分shí fēnvery; completely; utterly
• 十足shí zúample; complete; hundred percent
• 十几shí jǐmore than ten; a dozen or more
• 十二shí èrtwelve; 12
• 十一shí yīeleven; 11
• 十五shí wǔfifteen; 15
• 十八shí bāeighteen; 18
• 十三shí sānthirteen; 13
• 十六shí liùsixteen; 16
• 十四shí sìfourteen; 14
• 十七shí qīseventeen; 17
• 十九shí jiǔnineteen; 19
• 十月Shí yuèOctober; tenth month (of the lunar year)
• 十万shí wànhundred thousand
• 十字路口shí zì lù kǒucrossroads; intersection
• 十字shí zìcross road; cross-shaped; crucifix
• 十一月Shí yī yuèNovember; eleventh month (of the lunar year)
• 十字架shí zì jiàcross; crucifix; yoke one has to endure
• 十二月Shí èr yuèDecember; twelfth month (of the lunar year)
• 十字军Shí zì jūnthe Crusades; Crusader army; (fig.) crusade; militant campaign for a cause
• 十位shí wèithe tens place (or column) in the decimal system
• 十有八九shí yǒu bā jiǔmost likely; mostly (in 8 or 9 cases out of 10); vast majority
• 十亿shí yìone billion; giga-
• 十全十美shí quán shí měicomplete and beautiful; to be perfect (idiom)

Words containing 十

• 二十èr shítwenty; 20
• 三十sān shíthirty; 30
• 五十wǔ shífifty
• 四十sì shíforty; 40
• 八十bā shíeighty; 80
• 六十liù shísixty; 60
• 七十qī shíseventy; 70
• 九十jiǔ shíninety
• 合十hé shíto put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting)
• 五光十色wǔ guāng shí sè(idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy
• 大年三十dà nián sān shílast day of the lunar year; Chinese New Year's Eve
• 三七二十一sān qī èr shí yīthree sevens are twenty-one (idiom); the facts of the matter; the actual situation
• 红十字会Hóng shí zì huìthe Red Cross
• 一五一十yī wǔ yī shílit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
• 红十字Hóng shí zìRed Cross
• 百十bǎi shía hundred or so
• 运十yùn shíShanghai Y-10; Yun-10 commercial jet aircraft
• 二十多èr shí duōover 20
• 五十肩wǔ shí jiānadhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)
• 五十铃Wǔ shí língIsuzu
• 年三十nián sān shílast day of the lunar year; Chinese New Year's Eve
• 数十亿shù shí yìseveral billion
• 画十字huà shí zìto make the sign of the cross; to make a cross (on paper)
• 双十节Shuāng shí jiéDouble Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起义; (Taiwan) National Day

Sounds the same

Read shí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 时o'clock; time; when
• 识to know; knowledge; Taiwan pr. shì
• 实real; true; honest
• 石rock; stone; stone inscription
• 食to eat; food; animal feed
• 蚀to nibble away at sth; to eat into; to erode
• 什ten (used in fractions, writing checks etc); assorted; miscellaneous
• 拾to pick up; to collate or arrange; ten (banker's anti-fraud numeral)
• 莳used in 莳萝
• 祏stone shrine
• 湜clear water; pure
• 炻stoneware