America is made up of 50 states.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
五十
fifty
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
fifty
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 五十 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 五十 appears in 14 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The American flag has fifty stars.
You gave me only fifty cents.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 五十.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 五十.
Directly before
- 大约五十2
- 有五十2
- 不下五十1
- 不到五十1
- 一间五十1
Directly after
- 五十美元5
- 五十人1
- 五十美分1
- 五十州1
- 五十划1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 五十
What does 五十 mean in Chinese?
五十 (wǔshí) means fifty.
How do you pronounce 五十?
五十 is pronounced wǔshí.
Is 五十 an HSK word?
五十 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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