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十八
sap6 baat3
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eighteen; 18  Level: 1 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:十 sap6 - ten八 baat3 - eight 18 compounds containing this word:十八格習字紙 - the paper used in Chinese copybooks for characters approximately 1cm x 1cm古老十八代 - very old-fashioned 祖宗十八代 - ancestors to the 18th generation 十八羅漢 - the 18 Arhats; (mahjong) four kong/quadruplet hand 十八歲卜卜脆 - refers to sexually mature girls (lit., "18 years old and crispy") 十八廿二 - women in the bloom of youth (lit., "eighteen and twenty-two") Common Formations: 二十八日 - 28th day of the month 十八日 - 18th day of the month 第十八 - eighteenth 八十八 - eighty-eight; 88 七十八 - seventy-eight; 78 九十八 - ninety-eight; 98 二十八 - twenty-eight; 28 六十八 - sixty-eight; 68 五十八 - fifty-eight; 58 三十八 - thirty-eight; 38 十八世紀 - 18th Century 四十八 - forty-eight; 48 |
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