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How do you say "fifty-four" in Chinese?
五十四
wǔ shí sì
In Chinese, "fifty-four" is 五十四.
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Pronunciation
Woo shuh suh, rising tone, falling tone, falling tone. The pitch rises then drops throughout.
Writing and usage
Uses 四 (four) again. Despite its cultural inauspiciousness, it remains fundamental to Chinese numbering.
Example sentence
她买了五十四件衣服。
She bought fifty-four pieces of clothing.
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How to remember 五十四
Even though four is avoided in some contexts, it still appears in compound numbers regularly.
Related words
- bright 亮 liàng
- cold 冷 lěng
- eighty-nine 八十九 bā shí jiǔ
- fifty-five 五十五 wǔ shí wǔ
- fog 雾 wù
- sixty-seven 六十七 liù shí qī
- thirty 三十 sān shí
- thirty-six 三十六 sān shí liù
- ugly 丑 chǒu
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Questions about 五十四
How do you say "fifty-four" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "fifty-four" is 五十四. It is a noun.
How is 五十四 written in Chinese?
Uses 四 (four) again. Despite its cultural inauspiciousness, it remains fundamental to Chinese numbering.
How is 五十四 used in a sentence?
Use 五十四 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 她买了五十四件衣服。 (She bought fifty-four pieces of clothing.).
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"Fifty-four" in other languages
- Japanese 五十四 (gojūyon)
- Korean 오십사 (o sip sa)
- Spanish cincuenta y cuatro
- Spanish (Latin America) cincuenta y cuatro
- French cinquante-quatre
- German vierundfünfzig
- Italian cinquantaquattro
- Russian пятьдесят четыре (pyat'desyat' chetyre)
- Greek πενήντα τέσσερα (penínta téssera)
- Arabic أربعة وخمسين (arba'a wi'khamseen)
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