ten in Chinese

How to write 十

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十 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

十 in a sentence

• 人rén有yǒu十shí个gè手shǒu指zhǐ。

  People have ten fingers.

• 我wǒ十shí岁suì了le。

  I am ten years old.

• 请qǐng从cóng一yī数shù到dào十shí。

  Please count from one to ten.

十 vs 拾

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 拾 shí ten (formal/financial)

  The anti-fraud capital 'ten' on checks and receipts — 拾元. 十 is the everyday form.