二十

二十 èrshí in a sentence

Twenty

Full dictionary entry 38 sentences

二十 (èrshí) means Twenty. Below are 24 of the 38 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

他今年 二十 岁。

Tā jīnnián èrshí suì.

He is twenty years old this year.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 岁

我们有 二十 分钟。

Wǒmen yǒu èrshí fēnzhōng.

We have twenty minutes.

Dictionary example · HSK 1 · 分钟

考试有 二十 个题。

Kǎoshì yǒu èrshí gè tí.

The test has twenty questions.

Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 题

这个楼有 二十 层。

Zhège lóu yǒu èrshí céng.

This building has twenty floors.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 层

一共是一百 二十 元。

Yígòng shì yìbǎi èrshí yuán.

That comes to a hundred and twenty yuan.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 元

这张纸宽 二十 厘米。

Zhè zhāng zhǐ kuān èrshí límǐ.

This sheet of paper is twenty centimetres wide.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 厘米

他很年轻,才 二十 岁。

Tā hěn niánqīng, cái èrshí suì.

He is young — only twenty.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 年轻

今天的温度是 二十 度。

Jīntiān de wēndù shì èrshí dù.

The temperature today is twenty degrees.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 温度

英语有 二十 六个字母。

Yīngyǔ yǒu èrshíliù ge zìmǔ.

English has twenty-six letters.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 字母

这个行李箱有 二十 公斤。

Zhège xínglǐxiāng yǒu èrshí gōngjīn.

This suitcase weighs twenty kilos.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 公斤

今天至少来了 二十 个人。

Jīntiān zhìshǎo lái le èrshí ge rén.

At least twenty people came today.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 至少

这个房间有 二十 平方米。

Zhège fángjiān yǒu èrshí píngfāng mǐ.

This room is twenty square metres.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 平方

他有 二十 年的临床经验。

Tā yǒu èrshí nián de línchuáng jīngyàn.

He has twenty years of clinical experience.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 临床

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From the graded readers

坐车要 二十 分钟。

zuò chē yāo èrshí fēnzhōng.

It takes twenty minutes by bus.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School

我们每天学习 二十 个字。

wǒmen měitiān xuéxí èrshí gè zì.

We learn twenty characters a day.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · Learning Chinese

一共装了 二十 六个箱子。

yīgòng zhuāngle èrshíliù gè xiāngzi.

Twenty-six boxes in all.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · Moving House

她教中文已经教了 二十 年了。

tā jiāo zhōngwén yǐjīng jiāo le / liǎo / liào èrshí nián le / liǎo / liào.

She's been teaching Chinese for twenty years.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · My Chinese Teacher

哥哥今年 二十 岁,他在北京学习。

gēge jīnnián èrshí suì, tā zài běijīng xuéxí.

My brother is twenty this year and he studies in Beijing.

Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Family

他们笑得很开心,看起来大概 二十 岁左右。

tāmen xiào dehěn kāixīn, kànqǐlái dàgài èrshí suì zuǒyòu.

They were laughing happily and looked about twenty.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph

等着付钱的人非常多,我排了 二十 分钟的队。

děngzhe fù qián de / dì rén fēicháng duō, wǒ pái le / liǎo / liào èrshí fēnzhōng de / dì duì.

There were a lot of people waiting; I queued for twenty minutes.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · At the Supermarket

慢慢地,八分钟变成了 二十 分钟, 二十 分钟变成了一个小时。

mànmàn dì / de, bā fēnzhōng biànchéng le / liǎo / liào èrshí fēnzhōng, èrshí fēnzhōng biànchéng le / liǎo / liào yīgè xiǎoshí.

Slowly, eight minutes became twenty, and twenty became an hour.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running

From the travel phrasebook

这个要等 二十 分钟。

Zhège yào děng èrshí fēnzhōng.

That one takes twenty minutes.

Travel phrasebook · Reading a Chinese menu

From the grammar library

一共 二十 二个人。

Yígòng èrshí'èr ge rén.

Twenty-two people in total.

Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two

我们班有 二十 个学生。

Wǒmen bān yǒu èrshí ge xuésheng.

There are twenty students in our class.

Grammar library · HSK 1 · 有 — have and there is

二十 appears in 38 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.

Questions about 二十

How is 二十 used in a sentence?

This page shows 38 sentences using 二十 (èrshí, "Twenty"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Where can I see the full entry for 二十?

The dictionary page for 二十 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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