Chinese word

十九

Pronunciation

Pinyinshí jiǔ

Meaning

  • numbernineteen

Example

我们班有十九个人。wǒ men bān yǒu shí jiǔ gè rén

There are nineteen people in our class.

Illustration for 十九 (nineteen)

More examples

他已经十九岁了。tā yǐ jīng shí jiǔ suì le

He is already nineteen years old.

Core concept

A quantity formed by one full ten together with nine additional units.

Common phrases

  • 十九岁shí jiǔ suì

    nineteen years old

  • 十九号shí jiǔ hào

    the 19th

Similar words

十八shí bā: The number eighteen, used for people, objects, ages, and other counts.
十shí: The number ten, used for people, objects, ages, and other counts.
九jiǔ: The number nine, used for people, objects, ages, and other counts.

Definition in Chinese

表示19，等于十加九，用于计数、表示年龄、人数、号码等。biǎo shì 19 děng yú shí jiā jiǔ yòng yú jì shù biǎo shì nián líng rén shù hào mǎ děng

Word origin

The written form 十九 (shíjiǔ, "nineteen") places 十 (shí, "ten") before 九 (jiǔ, "nine"), reflecting the value ten plus nine.

Usage tips

  • Chinese marks an ordinal with 第十九 (dìshíjiǔ, "nineteenth"), so the added prefix changes a quantity into a position in a sequence.

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