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How do you say "eighty-nine" in Chinese?
八十九
bā shí jiǔ
In Chinese, "eighty-nine" is 八十九.
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Pronunciation
Bah shuh jyoo, flat tone, falling tone, rising tone (jyoo) on the final syllable.
Writing and usage
Jiǔ (九) completes the eighties, the final nine-based number before reaching ninety.
Example sentence
这个博客有八十九篇文章。
This blog has eighty-nine articles.
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How to remember 八十九
Eighty-nine marks the end of the eighties, approaching the final decade of two-digit numbers.
Related words
- deep 深 shēn
- expensive 贵 guì
- fast 快 kuài
- forty 四十 sì shí
- four 四 sì
- quiet 安静 ānjìng
- seventy-nine 七十九 qī shí jiǔ
- strong 强壮 qiángzhuàng
- zero 零 líng
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Questions about 八十九
How do you say "eighty-nine" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "eighty-nine" is 八十九. It is a noun.
How is 八十九 written in Chinese?
Jiǔ (九) completes the eighties, the final nine-based number before reaching ninety.
How is 八十九 used in a sentence?
Use 八十九 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 这个博客有八十九篇文章。 (This blog has eighty-nine articles.).
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"Eighty-nine" in other languages
- Japanese 八十九 (hachijūkyū)
- Korean 팔십구 (pal sip gu)
- Spanish ochenta y nueve
- Spanish (Latin America) ochenta y nueve
- French quatre-vingt-neuf
- German neunundachtzig
- Italian ottantanove
- Russian восемьдесят девять (vosem'desyat' devyat')
- Greek ογδοντα εννέα (ogdónta ennéa)
- Arabic تسعة وتمانين (tis'a witamaneen)
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