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十三

shí sān · shi san

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Meaning

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  1. thirteen
  2. 13
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The wrong bus

  1. Dengdeng

    请问(qǐngwèn)，去(qù)公园(gōngyuán)坐(zuò)几路(jǐlù)车(chē)？

    Excuse me, which bus goes to the park?

  2. Liangliang

    坐(zuò)十三(shísān)路(lù)，就(jiù)在(zài)前面(qiánmiàn)的(de)车站(chēzhàn)。

    Take bus thirteen, at the stop just ahead.

  3. Dengdeng

    十三(shísān)路(lù)多久(duōjiǔ)来(lái)一辆(yīliàng)？

    How often does bus thirteen come?

  4. Liangliang

    十分钟(shífēnzhōng)一辆(yīliàng)，你(nǐ)看(kàn)，车(chē)来(lái)了(le)！

    One every ten minutes. Look, the bus is coming!

  5. Dengdeng

    十三(shísān)路(lù)！我们(wǒmen)快(kuài)上车(shàngchē)！

    Bus thirteen! Let's get on quickly!

  6. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)看反(kànfǎn)了(le)，这(zhè)是(shì)三十(sānshí)路(lù)！

    Dengdeng, you read it backwards. This is bus thirty!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

母(mǔ)亲(qīn)在(zài)我(wǒ)的(de)生(shēng)日(rì)蛋(dàn)糕(gāo)上(shàng)插(chā)上(shàng)了(le)十(shí)三(sān)枝(zhī)蜡(là)烛(zhú)。

My mother put thirteen candles on my birthday cake.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)十(shí)三(sān)岁(suì)就(jiù)开(kāi)始(shǐ)学(xué)吉(jí)他(tā)。

He started learning guitar at thirteen.

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