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十六

shí liù

2-character word

What 十六 means

1. sixteen
2. 16

The characters in 十六

• 十shíten; 10
• 六liùsix; 6

Example sentences

• 三十六计走为上。
  Sānshíliùjì zǒuwéishàng.
  The only solution is to escape.
• 萨米十六岁左右。
  Sami was about sixteen years old.
• 九月我将满十六岁。
  Jiǔyuè wǒ jiāng mǎn shíliù suì.
  I'll be sixteen in September.
• 我九月份就十六岁了。
  Wǒ jiǔyuèfèn jiù shíliù suì le.
  I'll be sixteen in September.
• 英文有二十六个字母。
  The English alphabet has 26 letters.
• 铁的原子序数是二十六。
  The atomic number of iron is 26.

Words starting with 十六

• 十六国Shí liù guóSixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439); also written 五胡十六国
• 十六位元shí liù wèi yuán16-bit (computing)
• 十六字诀shí liù zì jué16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare:…
• 十六烷值shí liù wán zhícetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay)
• 十六进制shí liù jìn zhìhexadecimal
• 十六国春秋Shí liù guó Chūn qiūhistory of the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 by Cui Hong 崔鸿, written towards the end of Wei of…

Words containing 十六

• 三十六计sān shí liù jìThe Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used…
• 三十六字母sān shí liù zì mǔthirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory
• 五胡十六国Wǔ hú Shí liù guóSixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)
• 山本五十六Shān běn Wǔ shí liùYAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral
• 本笃十六世Běn dǔ Shí liù shìPope Benedict XVI, original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), pope 2005–2013
• 三十六计，走为上策sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cèof the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom)…
• 三十六计，走为上计sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng jìsee 三十六計，三十六计，走为上策