二十四

贰拾肆
èrshísì

twenty-four; 24

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Examples

我买了二十四支铅笔。

I bought two dozen pencils.

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一天有二十四个小时。

There are twenty-four hours in a day.

A day has twenty-four hours.

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地球每二十四小時就會繞軸自轉一周。

The earth revolves on its axis once every 24 hours.

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Entry Composition

1 二十 èrshí twenty; 20
2 四 sì
  1. four
  2. 4

Containing this entry

二十四史 Èrshísì Shǐ
  1. the Twenty-Four Histories (25 or 26 in modern editions), collection of books on Chinese dynastic history from 3000 BC till 17th century
  2. fig. a long and complicated story
二十四孝 Èrshísì Xiào the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty
二十四節氣 èrshísìjiéqi the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
二十四節氣 Èrshísì Jiéqì