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九十

jiǔshí

ninety

ninety; 90

Examples

直角是九十度。

A right angle has ninety degrees.

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我祖父九十多岁了。

My grandfather is in his nineties.

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中国有八九十种语言。

China has 80 or 90 languages.

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他英文得到了九十分。

He got 90% in English.

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我的祖父活到九十岁。

My grandfather lived to be 90 years old.

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Entry Composition

nine
9

ten
10

Containing this entry

行百里者半九十

xíngbǎilǐzhěbànjiǔshí

lit. ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom)
fig. the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets
a task is not done until it's done

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