十几 meaning in English
more than ten; a dozen or more
Traditional 十幾4 strokes
Meaning of 十几
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
shíjǐ
- more than ten; a dozen or more
十几 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
她一定还只是二十几岁。
She must still be in her twenties.
我妹妹在她十几岁时就结婚。
My sister got married in her teens.
她十几岁时就结婚了。
She got married in her teens.
丹在琳达十几岁的时候就与她交往过。
Dan dated Linda when she was a teenager.
新来的秘书一分钟可以打七十几个字。
The new secretary types about 70 words per minute.
Stroke order for each character
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十 shí · ten · 2 strokes
- 1
- 2
几 jǐ · how many · 2 strokes
- 1
- 2
Related words
Words that share a character with 十几.
| 十分 | shífēn | very; completely |
| 几乎 | jīhū | almost; nearly; practically |
| 十足 | shízú | ample; complete |
| 几率 | jīlǜ | probability; odds |
| 十字路口 | shízì lùkǒu | crossroads; intersection |
| 寥寥无几 | liáoliáo-wújǐ | (idiom) very few |
| 几个 | jǐge | a few; several |
| 几天 | jǐtiān | several days |
| 几年 | jǐnián | a few years; several years; how many years? |
| 几次 | jǐcì | several times |
| 几点 | jǐdiǎn | what time?; when? |
| 二十 | èrshí | twenty; 20 |
Questions about 十几
What does 十几 mean?
十几 (shíjǐ) means "more than ten; a dozen or more".
How do you write 十几?
十几 is made of 2 characters: 十 (2 strokes), 几 (2 strokes). That is 4 strokes in total.
How is 十几 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 十几 is written 十幾.