Four times three equals twelve.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
十二
twelve
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
twelve
02
12
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 十二 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 十二 appears in 8 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
The blouse costs twelve libras.
He gave me 12 cloves of garlic.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 十二.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 十二.
Directly before
- 就点十二1
- 而是十二1
- 历时十二1
- 卖十二1
- 我十二1
Directly after
- 十二串1
- 十二门徒1
- 十二秒1
- 十二英镑1
- 十二瓣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 十二
What does 十二 mean in Chinese?
十二 (shíèr) means twelve.
How do you pronounce 十二?
十二 is pronounced shíèr.
Is 十二 an HSK word?
十二 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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