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How do you say "fifty" in Chinese?
五十
wǔ shí
In Chinese, "fifty" is 五十.
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Pronunciation
Woo shuh, with rising tone on the first syllable and falling tone on the second.
Writing and usage
Five (五) combined with ten (十). Both characters are widely recognized basics in Chinese numeracy.
Example sentence
他们花了五十块钱。
They spent fifty yuan.
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How to remember 五十
Five sounds like 'woo', so fifty starts with that distinctive rising 'woo' sound followed by the flat 'shuh'.
Related words
- easy 简 jiǎn
- fifty-three 五十三 wǔ shí sān
- forty-five 四十五 sì shí wǔ
- heavy 重 zhòng
- noisy 吵闹 chǎonào
- one 一 yī
- sixteen 十六 shí liù
- small 小 xiǎo
- warm 暖和 nuǎn huo
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Questions about 五十
How do you say "fifty" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "fifty" is 五十. It is a noun.
How is 五十 written in Chinese?
Five (五) combined with ten (十). Both characters are widely recognized basics in Chinese numeracy.
How is 五十 used in a sentence?
Use 五十 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 他们花了五十块钱。 (They spent fifty yuan.).
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