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十六 (shí liù): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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十六 (shí liù): Sixteen (number) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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十六 consists of 2 characters.

十 • shí • ten • HSK 2.0 L1

HSK 1

shí十

ten

六 • liù • six • HSK 2.0 L1

HSK 1

liù六

six

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Pinyinshí liù

Meaningsixteen

Characters2

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Syntaxnumber

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Example Sentences with 十六

tā他

jīn今

nián年

shí十

liù六

suì岁

。

He is sixteen years old this year.

wǒ我

men们

bān班

yǒu有

shí十

liù六

gè个

xué学

shēng生

。

Our class has sixteen students.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 十六.

Words with 十

十分shí fēncompletely; utterly [literally "ten points"]
十字路口shí zì lù kǒucrossroads
十足shí zú100 per cent; out-and-out; sheer
七十qī shíseventy
三十sān shíthirty
上十shàng shíover ten
九十jiǔ shíninety
二十èr shítwenty

Words with 六

五颜六色wǔ yán liù sèmulticolored
五六wǔ liùfive or six
六十liù shísixty
六月liù yuèJune
六点

liù diǎn

six o'clock; six points

六百liù bǎisix hundred

六腑liùfǔsix hollow organs (in TCM)

周六zhōu liùSaturday