十年 (sap6 nin4 | ) : decade

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十年

sap6 nin4

decade

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

十年

This word has been viewed 2256 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 8th Oct 2005 23:05 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

十 sap6 - ten
年 nin4 - year

15 compounds containing this word:

幾十年 - several decades
七十年代 - the 1970s (the '70s)
三十年來 - for the past thirty years
聽君一席話,勝讀十年書 - Listening to what you said is better than studying for 10 years
十年樹木 - it takes ten years to grow a tree (...but a hundred for a person)
五十年不變 - (the basic law in HK) fifty years without change
風水佬呃你十年八年 - Time will tell
十年唔逢一閏 - once in a blue moon
Common Formations:
二十年代 - in the 1920's
四十年代 - in the 1940's
八十年代 - in the 80's
九十年代 - in the 90's
六十年代 - in the 60's
五十年代 - in the 50's
三十年代 - in the 30's

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佢喺多倫多住咗十年喇。粵
He has lived in Toronto for ten years.
[喇 means "by now" in the sentence, indicating sth in the present. Cutting off 喇, the sentence would mean "He lived in Toronto for ten years", indicating sth of the past.]

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Decimal representation of this word: 十年

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