七八

qībā

number #26,809

Meanings

1 seven or eight
2 approximately seven or eight
3 (informal) about that many

Characters

Examples

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.

这个问题有七八种解法。

Zhège wèntí yǒu qībā zhǒng jiě fǎ.

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