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Definitions

  1. 1. ten
  2. 2. 10

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「你幾歲?」「我 六歲。」
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Words Containing 十

猎杀红色十月号
liè shā hóng sè shí yuè hào

\The Hunt for Red October\, a novel by Tom Clancy

十万火急
shí wàn huǒ jí

most urgent

十倍
shí bèi

ten times (sth)

三十八度线
sān shí bā dù xiàn

38th parallel

十二宫
shí èr gōng

the twelve equatorial constellations or signs of the zodiac in Western astronomy and astrology, namely: Aries 白羊[bái yáng], Taurus 金牛[jìn niú], Gemini 雙子|双子[shuāng zǐ], Cancer 巨蟹[jù xiè], Leo 獅子|狮子[shī zǐ], Virgo 室女[shì nu:3], Libra 天秤[tiān chèng], Scorpio 天蠍|天蝎[tiān xiē], Sagittarius 人馬|人马[rén mǎ], Capricorn 摩羯[mó jié], Aquarius 寶瓶|宝瓶[bǎo píng], Pisces 雙魚|双鱼[shuāng yú]

十字绣
shí zì xiù

cross-stitch

十进位
shí jìn wèi

decimal system

三十六计
sān shí liù jì

all the possible schemes and stratagems

十六
shí liù

sixteen

八十天环游地球
bā shí tiān huán yóu dì qiú

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 儒勒·凡爾納|儒勒·凡尔纳[rú lè · fán ěr nà]

不管三七二十一
bù guǎn sān qī èr shí yī

regardless of the consequences

二十多
èr shí duō

over 20

宁拆十座庙,不毁一桩婚
nìng chāi shí zuò miào , bù huǐ yī zhuāng hūn

rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)

十亿
shí yì

one billion

十戒
shí jiè

the ten commandments (religion)

十年树木,百年树人
shí nián shù mù , bǎi nián shù rén

It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.

十六进制
shí liù jìn zhì

hexadecimal

诸子十家
zhū zǐ shí jiā

various sages and ten schools of thought

十赌九输
shí dǔ jiǔ shū

lit. in gambling, nine times out of ten you lose (idiom)

十二角形
shí èr jiǎo xíng

dodecagon

十位
shí wèi

the tens place (or column) in the decimal system

十国春秋
shí guó chūn qiū

History of Ten States of South China (1669) by Wu Renchen 吳任臣|吴任臣[wú rèn chén], 114 scrolls

十六国春秋
shí liù guó chūn qiū

history of the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 by Cui Hong 崔鴻|崔鸿, written towards the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏, 100 scrolls

十六国
shí liù guó

Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)

明十三陵
míng shí sān líng

the Ming tombs (mausoleum park of the Ming emperors in Changping district of Beijing)

十月
shí yuè

October

十九
shí jiǔ

nineteen

五光十色
wǔ guāng shí sè

bright and multicolored

黄道十二宫
huáng dào shí èr gōng

see 十二宮|十二宫[shí èr gōng]

十成九稳
shí chéng jiǔ wěn

see 十拿九穩|十拿九稳[shí ná jiǔ wěn]

十常侍
shí cháng shì

Ten Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption

八九不离十
bā jiǔ bù lí shí

pretty close

十进算术
shí jìn suàn shù

decimal calculation

十字架
shí zì jià

cross

十三经
shí sān jīng

the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[shī jīng], Book of History 尚書|尚书[shàng shū], Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼[zhōu lǐ], Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼[yí lǐ], Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[lǐ jì], Book of Changes 易經|易经[yì jīng], Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传[zuǒ zhuàn], Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传[gōng yáng zhuàn], Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[gǔ liáng zhuàn], The Analects 論語|论语[lún yǔ], Erya 爾雅|尔雅[ěr yǎ], Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经[xiào jīng], Mencius 孟子[mèng zǐ]

各打五十大板
gè dǎ wǔ shí dà bǎn

lit. to give each one a flogging of fifty strokes (idiom)

十三点
shí sān diǎn

half-witted

板板六十四
bǎn bǎn liù shí sì

unaccommodating

四十二章经
sì shí èr zhāng jīng

The Sutra in Forty-two Sections Spoken by the Buddha, the first Chinese Buddhist text, translated in 67 AD by Kasyapa-Matanga 迦葉摩騰|迦叶摩腾[jiā yè mó téng] and Gobharana 竺法蘭|竺法兰[zhú fǎ lán] (Dharmaraksha)

十字军
shí zì jūn

crusaders

十角形
shí jiǎo xíng

decagon

十万位
shí wàn wèi

the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system

二十一条
èr shí yī tiáo

the Japanese Twenty-One Demands of 1915

一传十,十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi

news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)

十字路口
shí zì lù kǒu

crossroads

六十四卦
liù shí sì guà

the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (I Ching or Yi Jing) 易經|易经

二十年目睹之怪现状
èr shí nián mù dǔ zhī guài xiàn zhuàng

The Strange State of the World Witnessed Over 20 Years, novel by late Qing novelist Wu Jianren 吳趼人|吴趼人[wú jiǎn rén]

二十
èr shí

twenty; 20

七十年代
qī shí nián dài

the seventies; the 1970s

瓜无滚圆,人无十全
guā wú gǔn yuán , rén wú shí quán

no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)

三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī

three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)

十万八千里
shí wàn bā qiān lǐ

light-years (apart)

十二支
shí èr zhī

the 12 earthly branches 子[zǐ], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)

十四行诗
shí sì háng shī

sonnet

十二月份
shí èr yuè fèn

December

三十六计,走为上计
sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng jì

see 三十六計,走為上策|三十六计,走为上策[sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè]

香港红十字会
xiāng gǎng hóng shí zì huì

Hong Kong Red Cross

十动然拒
shí dòng rán jù

to reject sb after being deeply touched by them (Internet slang)

十三日
shí sān rì

thirteenth day of a month

三十六计,走为上策
sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè

of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom)

红十字
hóng shí zì

Red Cross

三十二位元
sān shí èr wèi yuán

32-bit (computing)

十亿位元
shí yì wèi yuán

gigabit

目下十行
mù xià shí háng

see 一目十行[yī mù shí háng]

五十铃
wǔ shí líng

Isuzu

十四
shí sì

fourteen; 14

十进位法
shí jìn wèi fǎ

decimal system

十七
shí qī

seventeen

十恶不赦
shí è bù shè

wicked beyond redemption (idiom)

二十面体
èr shí miàn tǐ

icosahedron

二十五史
èr shí wǔ shǐ

twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions)

君子报仇,十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn

lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)

画十字
huà shí zì

to make the sign of the cross

十干
shí gān

same as 天干

十字头螺刀
shí zì tóu luó dāo

Phillips screwdriver (i.e. with cross slit)

十六字诀
shí liù zì jué

16-character formula, esp. Mao Zedong's mantra on guerrilla warfare: 敵進我退,敵駐我擾,敵疲我打,敵退我追|敌进我退,敌驻我扰,敌疲我打,敌退我追[dí jìn wǒ tuì , dí zhù wǒ rǎo , dí pí wǒ dǎ , dí tuì wǒ zhuī] when the enemy advances we retreat; when the enemy makes camp we harass; when the enemy is exhausted we fight; and when the enemy retreats we pursue

运十
yùn shí

Shanghai Y-10

五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù

lit. the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)

合十
hé shí

to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting)

十拿九稳
shí ná jiǔ wěn

to be a cinch

七十七国集团
qī shí qī guó jí tuán

Group of 77, loose alliance of developing countries, founded in 1964

四十
sì shí

forty

十诫
shí jiè

ten commandments

十成
shí chéng

completely

十字军远征
shí zì jūn yuǎn zhēng

the Crusades

十之八九
shí zhī bā jiǔ

most likely

十六位元
shí liù wèi yuán

16-bit (computing)

十堰
shí yàn

Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei

十三张
shí sān zhāng

Chinese poker

十进
shí jìn

decimal

管他三七二十一
guǎn tā sān qī èr shí yī

who cares

一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng

once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope

十二地支
shí èr dì zhī

the 12 earthly branches 子[zǐ], 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)

双十节
shuāng shí jié

Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义[wǔ chāng qǐ yì] of October 10th, 1911

躲得过初一,躲不过十五
duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ

lit. you may go undetected during the new moon, but at full moon you'll be found out (idiom)

十二分
shí èr fēn

exceedingly

十二面体
shí èr miàn tǐ

dodecahedron

十全
shí quán

perfect; complete

十分
shí fēn

very

十克
shí kè

decagram

十八
shí bā

eighteen

十五
shí wǔ

fifteen

黄帝八十一难经
huáng dì bā shí yī nàn jīng

The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Eighty-one Difficulties, medical text, c. 1st century AD

十字丝
shí zì sī

crosshairs

二十一世纪
èr shí yī shì jì

21st century

十分位数
shí fēn wèi shù

decile (statistics)

十字架刑
shí zì jià xíng

crucifiction

十二平均律
shí èr píng jūn lǜ

equal temperament

十万
shí wàn

hundred thousand

台上一分钟,台下十年功
tái shàng yī fēn zhōng , tái xià shí nián gōng

ten years of practice for one minute on the stage (idiom)

第三十
dì sān shí

thirtieth

闻一知十
wén yī zhī shí

lit. to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything

百十
bǎi shí

a hundred or so

太子十三峰
tài zǐ shí sān fēng

thirteen peaks of Meili Snow Mountains in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州|迪庆藏族自治州[dí qìng zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

十项
shí xiàng

ten items

五十肩
wǔ shí jiān

adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)

数十亿
shù shí yì

several billion

十字花科
shí zì huā kē

Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals)

十二时辰
shí èr shí chen

twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian timekeeping and astronomy

六十年代
liù shí nián dài

the sixties

百儿八十
bǎi ér bā shí

about a hundred

十边形
shí biān xíng

decagon

三百六十行
sān bǎi liù shí háng

all walks of life (idiom)

十二星座
shí èr xīng zuò

the twelve signs of the zodiac

十多亿
shí duō yì

over one billion

六十
liù shí

sixty

七十
qī shí

seventy

一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán

one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp

十二
shí èr

twelve

八十
bā shí

eighty

双十一
shuāng shí yī

see 光棍節|光棍节[guāng gùn jié]

十字转门
shí zì zhuàn mén

turnstile

十一月份
shí yī yuè fèn

November

轩辕十四
xuān yuán shí sì

Regulus (constellation)

十项全能
shí xiàng quán néng

decathlon

十堰市
shí yàn shì

Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei

十字形
shí zì xíng

cruciform

十里洋场
shí lǐ yáng chǎng

(fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city

十指不沾阳春水
shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ

to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)

十字镐
shí zì gǎo

pickaxe

十一路
shí yī lù

(coll.) going on foot

十足
shí zú

ample

十有八九
shí yǒu bā jiǔ

most likely

五十
wǔ shí

fifty

年三十
nián sān shí

last day of the lunar year

假一赔十
jiǎ yī péi shí

lit. if one is fake, I shall compensate you for ten of them

五代十国
wǔ dài shí guó

Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China

蔷薇十字团
qiáng wēi shí zì tuán

the Rosicrucian order (masonic order)

十一月
shí yī yuè

November

二十四孝
èr shí sì xiào

the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty

十一
shí yī

PRC National Day (October 1st)

一目十行
yī mù shí háng

ten lines at a glance (idiom)

十全十美
shí quán shí měi

complete and beautiful

一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán

one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp

一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng

bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy

女大十八变
nǚ dà shí bā biàn

lit. a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom)

三十六字母
sān shí liù zì mǔ

thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory

十字
shí zì

cross road

十天干
shí tiān gān

the ten Heavenly Stems 甲[jiǎ], 乙[yǐ], 丙[bǐng], 丁[dīng], 戊[wù], 己[jǐ], 庚[gēng], 辛[xīn], 壬[rén], 癸[guǐ] (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)

十大神兽
shí dà shén shòu

the Baidu 10 mythical creatures (a set of hoax animals and puns linked to PRC Internet censorship)

二十世纪
èr shí shì jì

20th century

十二码
shí èr mǎ

12-yard (sports)

七老八十
qī lǎo bā shí

in one's seventies (age)

十分之一
shí fēn zhī yī

one tenth

二十一点
èr shí yī diǎn

blackjack (card game)

十二边形
shí èr biān xíng

dodecagon

本笃十六世
běn dǔ shí liù shì

Pope Benedict XVI, original name Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927-), pope 2005-2013

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí

lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

十六烷值
shí liù wán zhí

cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay)

听君一席话,胜读十年书
tīng jūn yī xí huà , shèng dú shí nián shū

listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (proverb)

十二经脉
shí èr jīng mài

twelve channels of TCM

九十
jiǔ shí

ninety

十数
shí shù

more than ten

五胡十六国
wǔ hú shí liù guó

Sixteen Kingdoms of Five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439)

十三
shí sān

thirteen

十七孔桥
shí qī kǒng qiáo

Seventeen-Arch Bridge in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[yí hé yuán], Beijing

二十四节气
èr shí sì jié qi

the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods

十面埋伏
shí miàn mái fú

Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece)

十进制
shí jìn zhì

decimal

二十八宿
èr shí bā xiù

the twenty-eight constellations

行百里者半九十
xíng bǎi lǐ zhě bàn jiǔ shí

lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom)

三十年河东,三十年河西
sān shí nián hé dōng , sān shí nián hé xī

the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb)

星相十足
xīng xiāng shí zú

(coll.) to look every bit the big star

山本五十六
shān běn wǔ shí liù

YAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral

十二经
shí èr jīng

twelve channels of TCM

大年三十
dà nián sān shí

last day of the lunar year

十二指肠
shí èr zhǐ cháng

duodenum

三十二相
sān shí èr xiàng

the thirty-two physical characteristics of Buddha

二十四史
èr shí sì shǐ

the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century

一部二十四史,不知从何说起
yī bù èr shí sì shǐ , bù zhī cóng hé shuō qǐ

It's a long and intricate story, I hardly know where to start.

黄花岗七十二烈士
huáng huā gāng qī shí èr liè shì

the seventy two martyrs of the Huanghuagang uprising of 23rd April 1911

饭后百步走,活到九十九
fàn hòu bǎi bù zǒu , huó dào jiǔ shí jiǔ

walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)

十月份
shí yuè fèn

October

三十
sān shí

thirty

南十字座
nán shí zì zuò

(astronomy) the Southern Cross

六十四位元
liù shí sì wèi yuán

64-bit (computing)

躲过初一,躲不过十五
duǒ guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ

see 躲得過初一,躲不過十五|躲得过初一,躲不过十五[duǒ de guò chū yī , duǒ bù guò shí wǔ]

茄二十八星瓢虫
qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng

28-spotted ladybird

十几
shí jǐ

more than ten; a dozen or more

十字军东征
shí zì jūn dōng zhēng

the Crusades

十二月
shí èr yuè

December

十月革命
shí yuè gé mìng

October Revolution