五十

五十 wǔshí in a sentence

Fifty

Full dictionary entry 13 sentences

五十 (wǔshí) means Fifty. Below are 13 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

这座大厦有 五十 层。

Zhè zuò dàshà yǒu wǔshí céng.

This building has fifty floors.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 大厦

这个县有 五十 万人。

Zhège xiàn yǒu wǔshí wàn rén.

This county has half a million people.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 县

这条瀑布有 五十 米高。

Zhè tiáo pùbù yǒu wǔshí mǐ gāo.

This waterfall is fifty metres high.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 瀑布

教室里大约有 五十 个人。

Jiàoshì lǐ dàyuē yǒu wǔshí ge rén.

There are about fifty people in the classroom.

Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 大约

这本书要 五十 元人民币。

Zhè běn shū yào wǔshí yuán rénmínbì.

This book costs fifty yuan.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 人民币

这个箱子大约重 五十 磅。

Zhège xiāngzi dàyuē zhòng wǔshí bàng.

This box weighs about fifty pounds.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 磅

昨夜降雨量达到 五十 毫米。

Zuóyè jiàngyǔliàng dádào wǔshí háomǐ.

Last night's rainfall reached fifty millimetres.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 毫米

这栋楼建于上世纪 五十 年代。

Zhè dòng lóu jiàn yú shàng shìjì wǔshí niándài.

This building was put up in the nineteen-fifties.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 栋

这对夫妇结婚已经 五十 年了。

Zhè duì fūfù jiéhūn yǐjīng wǔshí nián le.

This couple have been married for fifty years.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 夫妇

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From the graded readers

我只好坐出租车,花了 五十 块钱。

wǒ zhǐhǎo zuò chūzūchē, huāle wǔshí kuài qián.

I had to take a taxi, which cost fifty yuan.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work

我的手机没有响,我七点 五十 才醒。

wǒ de(possessive) shǒujī méiyǒu xiǎng, wǒ qī diǎn wǔshí cái xǐng.

My phone didn't go off and I didn't wake until ten to eight.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work

From the travel phrasebook

五十 块行吗?

Wǔshí kuài xíng ma?

Would fifty yuan do?

Travel phrasebook · Shopping and bargaining

From the grammar library

这个房间能坐 五十 个人。

Zhège fángjiān néng zuò wǔshí ge rén.

This room can seat fifty people.

Grammar library · HSK 2 · 会 / 能 / 可以 — three ways to say "can"

Questions about 五十

How is 五十 used in a sentence?

This page shows 13 sentences using 五十 (wǔshí, "Fifty"), 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 五十?

The dictionary page for 五十 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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