十二

shíèr
number #3,897

Meanings

  1. 1 twelve
  2. 2 12

Examples

Yī nián yǒu shí'èr gè yuè.
There are twelve months in a year.
Xiànzài shì shí'èr diǎn.
It's twelve o'clock now.

Tips

culture
Twelve is significant in Chinese culture: 十二 (shí'èr shēngxiào) are the twelve zodiac animals, and traditional time-keeping divided the day into twelve 时辰 (shíchén, two-hour periods).

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