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How do you say "eighty-eight" in Korean?
팔십팔
pal sip pal
In Korean, "eighty-eight" is 팔십팔.
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Pronunciation
Say 'pahl ship pahl' with both the opening and closing using the soft 'p' sound.
Writing and usage
팔십팔 has four syllable blocks. The 팔 appears at both start and end.
Example sentence
팔십팔 곡을 작곡했어요.
He composed eighty-eight songs.
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How to remember 팔십팔
Eighty-eight repeats 'pahl', making it symmetric and easy to remember.
Related words
- eighty-four 팔십사 pal sip sa
- green 초록색 choroksaek
- hardworking 근면한 geunmohan
- ninety-two 구십이 gu sip i
- selfish 이기적인 igijeogin
- sixty-six 육십육 yuk sip yuk
- sixty-two 육십이 yuk sip i
- sunny 화창한 hwachanghan
- thirty-nine 삼십구 sam sip gu
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Questions about 팔십팔
How do you say "eighty-eight" in Korean?
In Korean, "eighty-eight" is 팔십팔. It is a noun.
How is 팔십팔 written in Korean?
팔십팔 has four syllable blocks. The 팔 appears at both start and end.
How is 팔십팔 used in a sentence?
Use 팔십팔 as you would use the equivalent noun in English. For example: 팔십팔 곡을 작곡했어요. (He composed eighty-eight songs.).
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"Eighty-eight" in other languages
- Japanese 八十八 (hachijūhachi)
- Chinese 八十八 (bā shí bā)
- Spanish ochenta y ocho
- Spanish (Latin America) ochenta y ocho
- French quatre-vingt-huit
- German achtundachtzig
- Italian ottantotto
- Russian восемьдесят восемь (vosem'desyat' vosem')
- Greek ογδοντα οχτώ (ogdónta ochtó)
- Arabic تمانية وتمانين (tamanya witamaneen)
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