十几 (十幾)
shí jǐ
Pinyin

Definition

十几 (十幾)
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shí jǐ
  1. more than ten
  2. a dozen or more

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
十
shí
  1. 1 ten
  2. 2 10
十二
shí èr
  1. 1 twelve
  2. 2 12
十分
shí fēn
  1. 1 very
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 utterly
  4. 4 extremely
  5. 5 absolutely
  6. 6 hundred percent
  7. 7 to divide into ten equal parts
七十
qī shí
  1. 1 seventy
  2. 2 70

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 short attention span
一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 lack of sticking power
  4. 4 short attention span

Sample Sentences

哇，相亲，听起来好有年代感，这是十几二十年前的做法了吧？现在除非真的很不擅长交友，否则不会走到相亲这一步。
wā ，xiàngqīn ，tīng qǐlai hǎo yǒu niándàigǎn ，zhè shì shíjǐ èrshí nián qián de zuòfǎ le ba ？xiànzài chúfēi zhēnde hěnbù shàncháng jiāoyǒu ，fǒuzé bùhuì zǒudào xiāngqīn zhè yībù 。
Wow, family-arranged dates, it sounds like something from a bygone era. Isn't this way of doing things from over a decade or two decades ago? Now, unless you're really not very good at making friends, you wouldn't normally have to go on arranged dates.
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那当然，我可是火箭队十几年的铁杆球迷了。
nà dāngrán ，wǒ kě shì Huǒjiànduì shíjǐ nián de tiěgān qiúmí le 。
Of course, I've been a dyed-in-the-wool Rockets fan for over a dozen years.
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你是说身形吗？那我都胖了三十几年了，难不成得先瘦身？
nǐ shì shuō shēnxíng ma ？nà wǒ dōu pàng le sānshíjǐ nián le ，nánbùchéng děi xiān shòushēn ？
You mean my figure? I've been fat for over thirty years now, so I have to get thin first?
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这十几年来资金氾滥、利率太低让一堆人炒房，政府对高房价却束手无策。
zhè shíjǐ nián lái zījīn fànlàn 、lìlǜ tài dī ràng yīduīrén chǎofáng ，zhèngfǔ duì gāo fángjià què shùshǒuwúcè 。
In the last decade or two there has been an inundation of capital, and low interest rates have led to a lot of people speculating in real estate. So the government is powerless against high house prices.
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哎，中国学生一直被诟病的就是经过十几年的训练都成了考试的机器，考试成绩没有最高只有更高，却是生活上的无能者，艺术情怀上的无知者。
āi ，Zhōngguó xuésheng yīzhí bèi gòubìng de jiùshì jīngguò shíjǐ nián de xùnliàn dōu chéng le kǎoshì de jīqì ，kǎoshì chéngjì méiyǒu zuì gāo zhǐyǒu gènggāo ，què shì shēnghuó shàng de wúnéng zhě ，yìshù qínghuái shàng de wúzhī zhě 。
Agh, Chinese students are always criticized as being turned into examination machines after over a dozen years of training. There's no such thing as a top mark anymore as there is always the next height to reach, but they are completely unable to get along in life and completely bereft of artistic sensibilities.
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哎呦，这不是我们老班长吗？久违久违，这毕业十几年没见了吧，别来无恙啊！
āiyōu ，zhè bùshì wǒmen lǎo bānzhǎng ma ？jiǔwéi jiǔwéi ，zhè bìyè shíjǐ nián méi jiàn le ba ，biéláiwúyàng ā ！
Hey, well if it isn't that my old class president! It's been such a long time. We haven't met in the decade or so since graduation, no? I trust you've been doing well!
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这也是将来营销的一种趋势吧。马云就是提前看到了这种趋势，从十几年前开始就经营淘宝网，在全国女同胞的支持下，成为了中国首富。
zhè yě shì jiānglái yíngxiāo de yīzhǒng qūshì ba 。Mǎyún jiùshì tíqián kàndào le zhèzhǒng qūshì ，cóng shíjǐ nián qián kāishǐ jiù jīngyíng Táobǎo wǎng ，zài quánguó nǚ tóngbāo de zhīchí xià ，chéngwéi le Zhōngguó shǒufù 。
This is becoming THE trend for retail, I guess. Ma Yun saw this trend ahead of others. He started developing Tao Bao tens of years ago. With the support of female compatriots across China, he has become the richest man in China.
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可是你们的咖啡都是五十八块，又没有十几块的小点心，这样我岂不是非得花一百多块？
kěshì nǐmen de kāfēi dōu shì wǔ shí bā kuài ，yòu méi yǒu shíjǐ kuài de xiǎo diǎnxīn ，zhèyàng wǒ qǐbúshì fēiděi huā yībǎiduō kuài ？
But your coffee is all priced at RMB58, and there aren't even any snacks priced at around RMB10, that way you're forcing me to spend over RMB100.
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