十
shí
ten
10
a picture of 十 → a cross marking the complete count of ten
The horizontal stroke (一) crosses the vertical stroke (丨) to form a neat cross — a tally mark that represents completeness, the full count of ten fingers. Ancient Chinese used this cross shape as a natural symbol for the total, a complete set.
我家里有十只猫。
wǒ jiā lǐ yǒu shí zhī māo。
I have ten cats at home.
这道题的答案等于十。
zhè dào tí de dá àn děng yú shí。
The answer to this problem equals ten.
Words with 十
五光十色
wǔ guāng shí sè
(idiom) bright and multicolored; of rich variety; dazzling; glitzy
二十八宿
èr shí bā xiù
the twenty-eight constellations
五十
wǔ shí
fifty
十诫
shí jiè
ten commandments
十日谈
shí rì tán
Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1]
十拿九稳
shí ná jiǔ wěn
(idiom) to be a cinch; in the bag
十位
shí wèi
the tens place (or column) in the decimal system
十之八九
shí zhī bā jiǔ
most likely
十分之一
shí fēn zhī yī
one tenth
运十
yùn shí
Shanghai Y-10
双十一
shuāng shí yī
see 光棍節|光棍节[Guang1 gun4 jie2]
双十节
shuāng shí jié
Double Tenth, the anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising 武昌起義|武昌起义[Wu3 chang1 Qi3 yi4] of October 10th, 1911