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How do you say "seventeen" in Chinese?
十七
shí qī
In Chinese, "seventeen" is 十七.
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Pronunciation
Two syllables: 'shir' (high level) and 'chee' (high level). Both flat and even.
Writing and usage
十 and 七. Ten plus seven. The formula remains unchanged.
Example sentence
十七岁是年轻的。
Seventeen is young.
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How to remember 十七
Ten plus seven. Just a few more before hitting twenty.
Related words
- bright 亮 liàng
- brown 棕 zōng
- clear 晴 qíng
- eighty-nine 八十九 bā shí jiǔ
- forty-three 四十三 sì shí sān
- fourteen 十四 shí sì
- happy 幸福 xìngfú
- ninety 九十 jiǔ shí
- sixty-five 六十五 liù shí wǔ
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Questions about 十七
How do you say "seventeen" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "seventeen" is 十七. It is a noun.
How is 十七 written in Chinese?
十 and 七. Ten plus seven. The formula remains unchanged.
How is 十七 used in a sentence?
Use 十七 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 十七岁是年轻的。 (Seventeen is young.).
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