十 (shí): ten, 10
十 (shí) is a Chinese character meaning “ten.” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 一 (structural) and 丨 (structural). It ranks #112 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- ten
- 10
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 十
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 二十numeral | èr shí | twenty |
| 十二numeral | shí èr | twelve |
| 三十numeral | sān shí | thirty |
| 十字架noun | shí zì jià | cross |
| 五十numeral | wǔ shí | fifty |
| 十五numeral | shí wǔ | fifteen |
| 十万noun | shí wàn | hundred thousand |
| 四十numeral | sì shí | forty |
| 十几numeral | shí jǐ | more than ten |
| 十字noun | shí zì | cross road |
| 十八numeral | shí bā | eighteen |
| 十六numeral | shí liù | sixteen |
| 十四numeral | shí sì | fourteen |
| 十一numeral | shí yī | eleven |
| 六十numeral | liù shí | sixty |
十 appears in 100 compound words: 72 as the first character, 15 as the last, and 13 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 十 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (44)
Alternative name for 十三陵 (Shísānlíng, “Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty”).
Showing 12 of 44 idioms containing 十.
Example Sentences
十年树木，百年树人，教育是一项长期的事业。
Shí nián shùmù, bǎi nián shù rén, jiàoyù shì yī xiàng chángqī de shìyè.
It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people; education is a long-term undertaking.
ysl水蜜桃满十八岁可以用的吗?使用前这些要点需知晓
y s l shuǐ mì táo mǎn shí bā suì kě yǐ yòng de ma ? shǐ yòng qián zhè xiē yāo diǎn xū zhī xiǎo
Can YSL peaches be used at the age of 18? These points need to be known before use
第三十三届国际《古兰经》展览会开幕
dì sān shí sān jiè guó jì gǔ lán jīng zhǎn lǎn huì kāi mù
The 33rd International Quran Exhibition opened
2026祛斑产品什么好?十大祛斑产品排名深扒:祛斑..
2 0 2 6 祛 bān chǎn pǐn shén má hǎo ? shí dà 祛 bān chǎn pǐn pái míng shēn bā : 祛 bān . .
What are the best freckle removal products in 2026? Top 10 freckle removal product rankings: freckle removal:
温暖守护特别策划:良田与奶奶的“十年之约”
wēn nuǎn shǒu hù tè bié cè huá liáng tián yú nǎi nǎi de shí nián zhī yāo
Warm Guardian Special Program: Yoshida's "Ten-Year Pact" with Grandma
万全右卫城十二时辰:赚时辰印,当“荣誉居民”
mò quán yòu wèi chéng shí èr shí chén zhuàn shí chén yìn , dāng róng yù jū mín
The Twelve Hours of Manjuemae Castle: Earn your hourly seal and become an honorary resident.
上个月是十一月吗？
Shànggèyuè shì Shíyīyuè ma?
Was last month November?
什么？现在才十一点？还有一个小时才吃饭呢。
Shénme? xiànzài cái shíyī diǎn? háiyǒu yī gè xiǎoshí cái chīfàn ne.
What? It's only eleven? We still have an hour to go before lunch.
你能用中文数到十吗？
Nǐ néng yòng Zhōngwén shǔ dào shí ma?
Can you count to ten in Chinese?
明年四月你英文是不是会已经学了十年了？
Míngnián Sìyuè nǐ Yīngwén shìbùshì huì yǐjīng xué le shí nián le?
By next April will you have studied English for ten years?
Character Family
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