Meaning
ten; 10
Chinese: 数字十。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “shi” becomes a different word in each tone. 十 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
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Common Words
- 十分shí fēnvery; completely; utterly; extremely
- 十字路口shí zì lù kǒucrossroads; intersection
- 十足shí zúample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color)
- 十一shí yīeleven; 11
- 十成shí chéngcompletely
Example Sentence
这个班有十个学生。Zhè ge bān yǒu shí ge xué sheng.This class has ten students.
这个Zhè ge(pronoun) this班bānteam有yǒuto have十shíten个ge(measure word)学生xué shengstudent。
Go deeper
Where this character comes from
Originally a single vertical line meaning ‘ten’; a dot was later added at the middle that grew into the crossbar, giving the plus-sign shape.
A way to remember it
A plus sign — a full set of ten.