七十

qīshí
number #15,256

Meanings

  1. 1 seventy
  2. 2 70

Examples

Wǒ yéye jīnnián qīshí suì le.
My grandfather is seventy years old this year.
Zhè tiáo lù dàgài yǒu qīshí gōnglǐ.
This road is about seventy kilometers long.

Tips

culture
The saying 人生七十 (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

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