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四十

sì shí · si shi

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Meaning

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  1. forty
  2. 40
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Forty minutes

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)昨天(zuótiān)跑(pǎo)了(le)四十(sìshí)分钟(fēnzhōng)！

    I ran for forty minutes yesterday!

  2. Liangliang

    四十(sìshí)分钟(fēnzhōng)？真(zhēn)厉害(lìhai)。

    Forty minutes? That's amazing.

  3. Dengdeng

    不过(bùguò)不是(bùshì)一次(yīcì)跑完(pǎowán)的(de)。

    But I didn't run all at once.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)是(shì)怎么(zěnme)跑(pǎo)的(de)？

    Then how did you run?

  5. Dengdeng

    跑(pǎo)了(le)四(sì)分钟(fēnzhōng)，走(zǒu)了(le)三十六(sānshíliù)分钟(fēnzhōng)。

    I ran for four minutes and walked for thirty-six.

  6. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)只(zhǐ)跑(pǎo)了(le)四(sì)分钟(fēnzhōng)，不是(bùshì)四十(sìshí)分钟(fēnzhōng)！

    So you ran four minutes, not forty!

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2 examples
01

你(nǐ)刚(gāng)刚(gāng)吃(chī)了(le)四(sì)十(shí)份(fèn)布(bù)丁(dīng)吗(ma)？

Did you just eat forty servings of pudding?

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by Eccles17 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

十(shí)、二(èr)十(shí)、三(sān)十(shí)、四(sì)十(shí)、五(wǔ)十(shí)、六(liù)十(shí)、七(qī)十(shí)、八(bā)十(shí)、九(jiǔ)十(shí)、一(yì)百(bǎi)。

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, hundred.

Tatoeba: Chinese by shanghainese · English by Eldad · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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