Chinese Conversation · Level 1
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Chinese word
三十一
Pronunciation
Pinyinsān shí yī
Meaning
- numberthirty-one
Example
我今年三十一岁。wǒ jīn nián sān shí yí suì
I am thirty-one years old this year.
More examples
我订的计划包含三十一天的会员服务。wǒ dìng de jì huà bāo hán sān shí yì tiān de huì yuán fú wù
The plan I subscribed to includes 31 days of membership service.
Core concept
A place-value bundle with three in the tens position and one in the ones position.
Common phrases
三十一岁sān shí yí suì
thirty-one years old
三十一天sān shí yì tiān
thirty-one days
Similar words
三十sān shí: A cardinal number representing three tens and no extra units, used for quantities, ages, and dates.
一yī: The basic cardinal number representing one unit.
三sān: The cardinal number representing three units.
Definition in Chinese
表示三十与一相加所得的整数，常用于表示数量、年龄或日期。biǎo shì sān shí yǔ yì xiāng jiā suǒ de de zhěng shù cháng yòng yú biǎo shì shù liàng nián líng huò rì qī
Word origin
The written form 三十一 (sānshíyī, "thirty-one") follows Chinese place value: 三 (sān, "three") before 十 (shí, "ten") gives three tens, and 一 (yī, "one") adds the final unit.
Usage tips
- For dates, Chinese keeps the number as a cardinal form, so this word can name the thirty-first day when a date marker follows it rather than taking an English-style ordinal ending.