四五

sìwǔ

number #17,481

Meanings

1 four or five
2 a few

Characters

Examples

HSK 4

桌上放着四五本书。

Zhuō shàng fàng zhe sì wǔ běn shū.

There were four or five books on the table.

HSK 5

我在那里待了四五天。

Wǒ zài nàlǐ dāi le sì wǔ tiān.

I stayed there for four or five days.

Tips

grammar

In Chinese, adjacent numbers like 四五, 三四, 七八 are used as approximations meaning 'about that many.' No conjunction is needed between them.

Stroke Order

四 sì

五 wǔ