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How do you say "fifty-five" in Chinese?
五十五
wǔ shí wǔ
In Chinese, "fifty-five" is 五十五.
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Pronunciation
Woo shuh woo, rising tone, falling tone, rising tone. The repetition of 'woo' creates a symmetry.
Writing and usage
Wǔ (五) appears twice, making this number have a palindromic quality in Chinese.
Example sentence
电脑的价格是五十五百元。
The computer costs five thousand five hundred yuan.
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How to remember 五十五
Fifty-five has symmetry in speech, rising-falling-rising, matching the palindrome visually with 555.
Related words
- empty 空 kōng
- fifty-six 五十六 wǔ shí liù
- fog 雾 wù
- forty-two 四十二 sì shí èr
- gray 灰 huī
- ninety-one 九十一 jiǔ shí yī
- ninety-two 九十二 jiǔ shí èr
- sick 生病 shēngbìng
- two 二 èr
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Questions about 五十五
How do you say "fifty-five" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "fifty-five" is 五十五. It is a noun.
How is 五十五 written in Chinese?
Wǔ (五) appears twice, making this number have a palindromic quality in Chinese.
How is 五十五 used in a sentence?
Use 五十五 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 电脑的价格是五十五百元。 (The computer costs five thousand five hundred yuan.).
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