Chinese word

二十四

Pronunciation

Pinyinèr shí sì

Meaning

  • numbertwenty-four

Example

我今年二十四岁。wǒ jīn nián èr shí sì suì

I am twenty-four this year.

Illustration for 二十四 (twenty-four)

More examples

比赛进行了二十四个小时。bǐ sài jìn xíng le èr shí sì gè xiǎo shí

The match lasted twenty-four hours.

Core concept

A single quantity made from two tens and a final group of four.

Common phrases

  • 二十四号èr shí sì hào

    the 24th

  • 二十四个小时èr shí sì gè xiǎo shí

    twenty-four hours

Similar words

两liǎng: A spoken numeral for two, often used before a measure word when counting people or things.
二十èr shí: A whole number that has two tens, used when giving a quantity of twenty.
二èr: A basic counting numeral that means two and can give a count or an age.
四sì: A counting numeral that means four and can give a count or an age.

Definition in Chinese

表示整数24，由“二十”与“四”相加构成，常用于表示年龄、数量或计数。biǎo shì zhěng shù 24 yóu èr shí yǔ sì xiāng jiā gòu chéng cháng yòng yú biǎo shì nián líng shù liàng huò jì shù

Word origin

二十四 (èrshísì, "twenty-four") uses the regular Chinese decimal pattern in which the tens part comes first and the units part follows.

Usage tips

  • Before a measure word such as 个 (gè, "general measure word"), the full number 二十四 (èrshísì, "twenty-four") keeps 二 (èr, "two") rather than changing it to 两 (liǎng, "two").

Related words

  • 第二十四dì èr shí sìtwenty-fourthordinal number

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