七十

qīshí

number #15,256

Meanings

1 seventy
2 70

Characters

Examples

我爷爷今年七十岁了。

Wǒ yéye jīnnián qīshí suì le.

My grandfather is seventy years old this year.

这条路大概有七十公里。

Zhè tiáo lù dàgài yǒu qīshí gōnglǐ.

This road is about seventy kilometers long.

Tips

culture

The saying 人生七十古来稀 (rénshēng qīshí gǔ lái xī) from the Tang poet Du Fu means 'since ancient times, few people live to seventy,' reflecting how 70 was considered very old in classical China.

Stroke Order

七 qī

十 shí