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How do you say "forty-five" in Chinese?
四十五
sì shí wǔ
In Chinese, "forty-five" is 四十五.
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Pronunciation
Suh shuh woo, falling tone, falling tone, then rising tone (woo) on the last syllable.
Writing and usage
Five (五) is a single character with a distinctive box-like shape with an internal stroke.
Example sentence
这个项目需要四十五天。
This project will take forty-five days.
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How to remember 四十五
Wǔ (五) sounds like 'woo', easy to associate with the English near-sound.
Related words
- forty-seven 四十七 sì shí qī
- fourteen 十四 shí sì
- hardworking 努力 nǔlì
- ninety-nine 九十九 jiǔ shí jiǔ
- ninety-one 九十一 jiǔ shí yī
- rain 雨 yǔ
- sixty 六十 liù shí
- thirty-eight 三十八 sān shí bā
- thirty-four 三十四 sān shí sì
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Questions about 四十五
How do you say "forty-five" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "forty-five" is 四十五. It is a noun.
How is 四十五 written in Chinese?
Five (五) is a single character with a distinctive box-like shape with an internal stroke.
How is 四十五 used in a sentence?
Use 四十五 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 这个项目需要四十五天。 (This project will take forty-five days.).
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