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十六

shí liù · shi liu

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Meaning

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  1. sixteen
  2. 16
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Which bus?

  1. Dengdeng

    请问(qǐngwèn)，去(qù)公园(gōngyuán)坐(zuò)几路车(jǐlùchē)？

    Excuse me, which bus goes to the park?

  2. Liangliang

    坐(zuò)十六(shíliù)路(lù)。

    Take number sixteen.

  3. Dengdeng

    十六(shíliù)路(lù)？是(shì)十六(shíliù)，不是(bùshì)六十(liùshí)吧(ba)？

    Number sixteen? Sixteen, not sixty, right?

  4. Liangliang

    对(duì)，十六(shíliù)，不是(bùshì)六十(liùshí)。

    Right, sixteen, not sixty.

  5. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)。那(nà)辆(liàng)车(chē)是(shì)十六(shíliù)路(lù)吗(ma)？

    Okay. Is that bus number sixteen?

  6. Liangliang

    不是(bùshì)，是(shì)六十(liùshí)路(lù)。我们(wǒmen)还(hái)要(yào)等(děng)。

    No, it's number sixty. We still have to wait.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

今(jīn)天(tiān)是(shì)我(wǒ)十(shí)六(liù)歲(suì)的(de)生(shēng)日(rì)。

Today is my sixteenth birthday.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CN · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)班(bān)一(yí)共(gòng)有(yǒu)十(shí)六(liù)名(míng)学(xué)生(sheng)。

There are sixteen students in our class altogether.

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