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十五

shí wǔ · shi wu

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Meaning

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  1. fifteen
  2. 15
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Lantern night

  1. Dengdeng

    今天(jīntiān)是(shì)正月(zhēngyuè)十五(shíwǔ)，我们(wǒmen)吃(chī)汤圆(tāngyuán)吧(ba)。

    Today is the fifteenth of the first month. Let's eat tangyuan.

  2. Liangliang

    十五(shíwǔ)的(de)月亮(yuèliang)最(zuì)圆(yuán)。

    The moon on the fifteenth is the roundest.

  3. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，我(wǒ)买(mǎi)了(le)十五(shíwǔ)个(gè)汤圆(tāngyuán)。

    Yes, I bought fifteen tangyuan.

  4. Liangliang

    十五(shíwǔ)个(gè)！我们(wǒmen)两个(liǎnggè)人(rén)吃(chī)得(de)完(wán)吗(ma)？

    Fifteen! Can the two of us finish them?

  5. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)吃(chī)七个(qīgè)，你(nǐ)吃(chī)七个(qīgè)，剩下(shèngxià)一个(yīgè)我们(wǒmen)抢(qiǎng)！

    I eat seven, you eat seven, and we fight over the last one!

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01

我(wǒ)们(men)班(bān)一(yí)共(gòng)有(yǒu)十(shí)五(wǔ)个(gè)学(xué)生(sheng)。

There are fifteen students in our class in total.

02

她(tā)十(shí)五(wǔ)岁(suì)就(jiù)开(kāi)始(shǐ)学(xué)习(xí)弹(tán)钢(gāng)琴(qín)了(le)。

She started learning to play the piano at the age of fifteen.

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