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How do you say "eighty-four" in Chinese?
八十四
bā shí sì
In Chinese, "eighty-four" is 八十四.
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Pronunciation
Bah shuh suh, flat tone, falling tone, falling tone. Pitch descends throughout.
Writing and usage
Uses 四 (four), reflecting its essential role in the numbering system despite cultural superstitions.
Example sentence
这台机器由八十四个零件组成。
This machine is made up of eighty-four parts.
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How to remember 八十四
Eighty-four appears in common usage, demonstrating practical utility overrides symbolic concerns.
Related words
- beautiful 美 měi
- eighty 八十 bā shí
- eighty-two 八十二 bā shí èr
- heavy 重 zhòng
- red 红 hóng
- seventy-four 七十四 qī shí sì
- sick 生病 shēngbìng
- sixty-nine 六十九 liù shí jiǔ
- sixty-three 六十三 liù shí sān
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Questions about 八十四
How do you say "eighty-four" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "eighty-four" is 八十四. It is a noun.
How is 八十四 written in Chinese?
Uses 四 (four), reflecting its essential role in the numbering system despite cultural superstitions.
How is 八十四 used in a sentence?
Use 八十四 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 这台机器由八十四个零件组成。 (This machine is made up of eighty-four parts.).
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"Eighty-four" in other languages
- Japanese 八十四 (hachijūyon)
- Korean 팔십사 (pal sip sa)
- Spanish ochenta y cuatro
- Spanish (Latin America) ochenta y cuatro
- French quatre-vingt-quatre
- German vierundachtzig
- Italian ottantaquattro
- Russian восемьдесят четыре (vosem'desyat' chetyre)
- Greek ογδοντα τέσσερα (ogdónta téssera)
- Arabic أربعة وتمانين (arba'a witamaneen)
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