English–Chinese
“nineteen” in Chinese
Chinese
Pronunciation
Pinyinshí jiǔ
Example
我们班有十九个人。wǒ men bān yǒu shí jiǔ gè rén
There are nineteen people in our class.
How to say “nineteen” in Chinese
“Nineteen” in Chinese is 十九 (shí jiǔ).
A quantity formed by one full ten together with nine additional units.
Example sentences with 十九
他已经十九岁了。tā yǐ jīng shí jiǔ suì le
He is already nineteen years old.
Tips for using 十九
- Chinese marks an ordinal with 第十九 (dìshíjiǔ, "nineteenth"), so the added prefix changes a quantity into a position in a sequence.