十 shí — ten
十
shí shi2
Detailed explanation
numeral
- (指事。甲骨文象用一根树枝代表十,金文象是结绳记数,用一个结表示十。后来一点变成了一横。本义:九加一的和)
- ten e.g 十里长亭 · 十番 · 十牌 · 十地 · 十生九 · 十方地面 · 十方常住 · 十有九就
- topmost e.g 十一 十半
- about ten
- tenfold
- tenth e.g 十五删 · 十四寒 · 十三元
adjective
- many;full;complete e.g 十郎八当 · 十变五化 · 十亲九眷 · 十相具足 · 十相俱足 · 十数 · 十荡十决 · 十万 · 十恶五逆 · 十尧 · 十朋 · 十有八九
- miscellaneous
Related words
- 十分 very; extremely; utterly; completely
- 十一 eleven/11/PRC National Day (October 1, 1949)
- 十足 out-and-out; 100%; pure; absolute; downright
- 红十字会 the Red Cross
- 十佳 top ten
- 十字路口 crossroads; intersection
- 十字架 the Cross
- 五光十色 colorful and multifarious
- 十二分 exceedingly/hundred percent/everything and more
- 一五一十 in full detail; systematically
- 十年动乱 the ten years of turmoil (the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
- 十年浩劫 the ten-year catastrophe (the Cultural Revolution)
- 十之八九 nine times out of ten; most probably; very likely
- 十全十美 perfect in every respect; flawless
- 十三陵 the Ming Tombs (thirteen imperial tombs near Beijing)
- 十万火急 posthaste; extremely urgent
- 初十 the tenth day of a lunar month's first period
- 大年三十 Chinese New Year's Eve
- 合十 to put one's palms together (in prayer or greeting)
- 八九不离十 pretty close; about right; more or less correct