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How do you say "seventy-nine" in Chinese?
七十九
qī shí jiǔ
In Chinese, "seventy-nine" is 七十九.
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Pronunciation
Chee shuh jyoo, rising tone, falling tone, rising tone (jyoo) at the end.
Writing and usage
Jiǔ (九) completes the seventies, the final nine-based number before reaching eighty.
Example sentence
这个地区有七十九家商店。
This district has seventy-nine shops.
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How to remember 七十九
Seventy-nine is the last number in the seventies, marking the end of another decade.
Related words
- closed 闭 bì
- fifty-one 五十一 wǔ shí yī
- forty-seven 四十七 sì shí qī
- hail 冰雹 bīng báo
- seventy-four 七十四 qī shí sì
- seventy-three 七十三 qī shí sān
- sick 生病 shēngbìng
- twenty-seven 二十七 èr shí qī
- wet 湿 shī
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Questions about 七十九
How do you say "seventy-nine" in Chinese?
In Chinese, "seventy-nine" is 七十九. It is a noun.
How is 七十九 written in Chinese?
Jiǔ (九) completes the seventies, the final nine-based number before reaching eighty.
How is 七十九 used in a sentence?
Use 七十九 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 这个地区有七十九家商店。 (This district has seventy-nine shops.).
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"Seventy-nine" in other languages
- Japanese 七十九 (nanajūkyū)
- Korean 칠십구 (chil sip gu)
- Spanish setenta y nueve
- Spanish (Latin America) setenta y nueve
- French soixante-dix-neuf
- German neunundsiebzig
- Italian settantanove
- Russian семьдесят девять (sem'desyat' devyat')
- Greek εβδομήντα εννέα (evdomínta ennéa)
- Arabic تسعة وسبعين (tis'a wisab'een)
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