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十七

shí qī · shi qi

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Meaning

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  1. seventeen
  2. 17
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Bus number seventeen

  1. Liangliang

    去(qù)体育馆(tǐyùguǎn)，坐(zuò)几(jǐ)路(lù)车(chē)？

    Which bus goes to the gym?

  2. Dengdeng

    坐(zuò)十七(shíqī)路(lù)。

    Take number seventeen.

  3. Liangliang

    十七(shíqī)路(lù)？我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)看到(kàndào)十一(shíyī)路(lù)和(hé)十二(shíèr)路(lù)。

    Number seventeen? I only see eleven and twelve.

  4. Dengdeng

    那边(nàbian)的(de)车站(chēzhàn)才(cái)有(yǒu)十七(shíqī)路(lù)，走(zǒu)五(wǔ)分钟(fēnzhōng)。

    Only the stop over there has number seventeen, five minutes on foot.

  5. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)走(zǒu)过去(guòqù)，十七(shíqī)路(lù)刚好(gānghǎo)开走(kāizǒu)了(le)。

    We walked over, and the seventeen had just left.

  6. Dengdeng

    没关系(méiguānxi)，下(xià)一(yī)辆(liàng)十七(shíqī)分钟(fēnzhōng)以后(yǐhòu)到(dào)。

    No problem, the next one comes in seventeen minutes.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)十(shí)七(qī)岁(suì)就(jiù)上(shàng)大(dà)学(xué)了(le)。

She went to university at the age of seventeen.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)班(bān)有(yǒu)十(shí)七(qī)个(gè)学(xué)生(sheng)。

There are seventeen students in our class.

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