七八

qībā

number #26,809

Meanings

1 seven or eight
2 approximately seven or eight
3 about that many

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

他在那里等了七八个小时。

Tā zài nàlǐ děng le qībā gè xiǎoshí.

He waited there for seven or eight hours.

HSK 6

这个问题有七八种解法。

Zhège wèntí yǒu qībā zhǒng jiěfǎ.

This problem has seven or eight solutions.

Tips

usage

七八 is used as a round approximation, like 'seven or eight' in English. It appears in the idiom 乱七八糟 (luàn qī bā zāo), meaning 'chaotic, in a mess,' and 七七八八 (qī qī bā bā), meaning 'bits and pieces; almost done.'

Stroke Order

七 qī

八 bā