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How do you say "ninety-nine" in Chinese?
九十九
jiǔ shí jiǔ
In Chinese, "ninety-nine" is 九十九.
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Pronunciation
Jyoo shuh jyoo, rising tone, falling tone, rising tone (jyoo). The final and highest two-digit number.
Writing and usage
Jiǔ (九) appears twice, creating a palindromic structure in both sound and visual representation.
Example sentence
这个价格是九十九块钱。
This item costs ninety-nine yuan.
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How to remember 九十九
Ninety-nine is the pinnacle of two-digit numbers, marked by the doubled jyoo sound.
Related words
- fourteen 十四 shí sì
- hail 冰雹 bīng báo
- ninety-six 九十六 jiǔ shí liù
- one hundred 一百 yī bǎi
- pink 粉 fěn
- silver 银 yín
- thirty-five 三十五 sān shí wǔ
- thirty-six 三十六 sān shí liù
- thirty-two 三十二 sān shí èr
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Questions about 九十九
How do you say "ninety-nine" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "ninety-nine" is 九十九. It is a noun.
How is 九十九 written in Chinese?
Jiǔ (九) appears twice, creating a palindromic structure in both sound and visual representation.
How is 九十九 used in a sentence?
Use 九十九 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 这个价格是九十九块钱。 (This item costs ninety-nine yuan.).
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"Ninety-nine" in other languages
- Japanese 九十九 (kyūjūkyū)
- Korean 구십구 (gu sip gu)
- Spanish noventa y nueve
- Spanish (Latin America) noventa y nueve
- French quatre-vingt-dix-neuf
- German neunundneunzig
- Italian novantanove
- Russian девяносто девять (devyanosto devyat')
- Greek ενενήντα εννέα (enenínta ennéa)
- Arabic تسعة وتسعين (tis'a witiseen)
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