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十六

shí liù

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Definitions

  1. 1. sixteen
  2. 2. 16

Example Sentences

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「你幾歲?」「我 十六 歲。」
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1233907)

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Words Containing 十六

十六烷值
shí liù wán zhí

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

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)

五胡十六国
wǔ hú shí liù guó

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

十六位元
shí liù wèi yuán

16-bit (computing)

山本五十六
shān běn wǔ shí liù

YAMAMOTO Isoroku (1884-1943), Japanese admiral

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]

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)

三十六计
sān shí liù jì

all the possible schemes and stratagems

三十六字母
sān shí liù zì mǔ

thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory

十六进制
shí liù jìn zhì

hexadecimal

本笃十六世
běn dǔ shí liù shì

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

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

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