十 (sap6 | shi2) : ten

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十

sap6

shi2

[1] ten; tenth
[2] complete; completely; perfect; extremely; perfectly
[3] KangXi radical 24

alternate and formal form used on checks, in accounting and banking: 拾

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Radical: 十 (#24)

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

十

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十分 sap6 fan1 shi2 fen1 = completely, fully, very; perfect [score]

十字 sap6 zi6 shi2 zi4 = a cross

十月 sap6 jyut6 shi2 yue4 = October

十一月 sap6 jat1 jyut6 shi2 yi1 yue4 = November

十二月 sap6 ji6 jyut6 shi2 er4 yue4 = December

十年 sap6 nin4 = decade

第十 dai6 sap6 di4 shi2 = tenth

第十一 dai6 sap6 jat1 di4 shi2 yi1 = eleventh

六十 luk6 sap6 liu4 shi2 = sixty

五十 ng5 sap6 wu3 shi2 = fifty

四十 sei3 sap6 si4 shi2 = forty

二十 ji6 sap6 er4 shi2 = twenty

八十 baat3 sap6 ba1 shi2 = eighty

九十 gau2 sap6 jiu3 shi2 = ninety

十一 sap6 jat1 shi2 yi1 = eleven

十之八九 sap6 zi1 baat3 gau2 shi2 zhi1 ba1 jiu3 = mostly

十億 sap6 jik1 shi2 yi4 = billion (US); milliard (UK)

十足 sap6 zuk1 shi2 zu2 = completely; very

你做初一，我做十五 nei5 zou6 co1 jat1 ngo5 zou6 sap6 ng5 = (idiom) tit-for-tat; an eye for an eye 粵

幾十年 gei2 sap6 nin4 ji3 shi2 nian2 = several decades

十三點 sap6 saam1 dim2 shi2 san1 dian3 = weird; eccentric

十九歲 sap6 gau2 seoi3 shi2 jiu3 sui4 = 19 years old

四十多 sei3 sap6 do1 si4 shi2 duo1 = more than 40

四月十七號 sei3 jyut6 sap6 cat1 hou6 si4 yue4 shi2 qi1 hao4 = April 17

一百五十多年 jat1 baak3 ng5 sap6 do1 nin4 yi1 bai3 wu3 shi2 duo1 nian2 = more than 150 years

二十一 ji6 sap6 jat1 er4 shi2 yi1 = twenty-one; 21

百分之十 baak3 fan6 zi1 sap6 bai3 fen1 zhi1 shi2 = ten percent

第七十 dai6 cat1 sap6 di4 qi1 shi2 = seventieth

第三十 dai6 saam1 sap6 di4 san1 shi2 = thirtieth

第九十 dai6 gau2 sap6 di4 jiu3 shi2 = ninetieth

第二十 dai6 ji6 sap6 di4 er4 shi2 = twentieth

第五十 dai6 ng5 sap6 di4 wu3 shi2 = fiftieth

第八十 dai6 baat3 sap6 di4 ba1 shi2 = eightieth

第六十 dai6 luk6 sap6 di4 liu4 shi2 = sixtieth

十個字 sap6 go3 zi6 = fifty minutes

十一個字 sap6 jat1 go3 zi6 = fifty-five minutes

十二個字 sap6 ji6 go3 zi6 = sixty minutes

十足十 sap6 zuk1 sap6 = completely, 100%

十字架 sap6 zi6 gaa3 shi2 zi4 jia4 = Jesus' cross

十字路口 sap6 zi6 lou6 hau2 shi2 zi4 lu4 kou3 = crossroads; four-way intersection

十全十美 sap6 cyun4 sap6 mei5 shi2 quan2 shi2 mei3 = (phrase) perfect

瓜無滾圓,人無十全 gwaa1 mou4 gwan2 jyun4 jan4 mou4 sap6 cyun4 gua1 wu2 gun3 yuan2 ren2 wu2 shi2 quan2 = Nothing is perfect

七十年代 cat1 sap6 nin4 doi6 qi1 shi2 nian2 dai4 = the 1970s (the '70s)

十萬 sap6 maan6 shi2 wan4 = hundred thousand

紅十字會 hung4 sap6 zi6 wui6*2 hong2 shi2 zi4 hui4 = the Red Cross Society

七老八十 cat1 lou5 baat3 sap6 = in one's seventies

十居其九 sap6 geoi1 kei4 gau2 = nine cases out of ten

十分之一 sap6 fan6 zi1 jat1 shi2 fen1 zhi1 yi1 = one-tenth

二十分鐘 ji6 sap6 fan1 zung1 = twenty minutes

十多個 sap6 do1 go3 = over ten (pieces)

八乘十 baat3 sing4 sap6 = 8"x10"

十隻手指有長短 sap6 zek3 sau2 zi2 jau5 coeng4 dyun2 = you sometimes cannot ask for absolute fairness

十張 sap6 zoeng1 shi2 zhang1 = dicker

一五一十 jat1 ng5 jat1 sap6 yi1 wu3 yi1 shi2 = (narrate) systematically and in full detail; count by fives or tens

一千四百二十九 jat1 cin1 sei3 baak3 ji6 sap6 gau2 yi1 qian1 si4 bai3 er4 shi2 jiu3 = 1429

七十 cat1 sap6 qi1 shi2 = seventy, 70

三十 saam1 sap6 san1 shi2 = thirty, 30

三十天 saam1 sap6 tin1 san1 shi2 tian1 = thirty days 國

三十年來 saam1 sap6 nin4 loi4 san1 shi2 nian2 lai2 = for the past thirty years

七月三十號 cat1 jyut6 saam1 sap6 hou6 qi1 yue4 san1 shi2 hao4 = July 30

三月二十一號 saam1 jyut6 ji6 sap6 jat1 hou6 san1 yue4 er4 shi2 yi1 hao4 = March 21

二十一世紀 ji6 sap6 jat1 sai3 gei3*2 er4 shi2 yi1 shi4 ji4 = 21st century

二十世紀 ji6 sap6 sai3 gei3*2 er4 shi2 shi4 ji4 = 20th Century

二十多 ji6 sap6 do1 er4 shi2 duo1 = over 20

五六十歲 ng5 luk6 sap6 seoi3 wu3 liu4 shi2 sui4 = (in one's) fifties or sixties (years of age)

八九不離十 baat3 gau2 bat1 lei4 sap6 ba1 jiu3 bu4 li2 shi2 = pretty close; very near; about right

十三經 sap6 saam1 ging1 shi2 san1 jing1 = the Thirteen Confucian Classics

十倍 sap6 pui5 shi2 bei4 = tenfold; ten times (sth)

十克 sap6 hak1 shi2 ke4 = decagram

十字形 sap6 zi6 jing4 shi2 zi4 xing2 = cruciform; cross shape

十幾個月 sap6 gei2 go3 jyut6 shi2 ji3 ge4 yue4 = ten months or so; about ten months

十誡 sap6 gaai3 shi2 jie4 = ten commandments

板板六十四 baan2 baan2 luk6 sap6 sei3 ban3 ban3 liu4 shi2 si4 = unaccommodating; rigid

百分之九十 baak3 fan6 zi1 gau2 sap6 bai3 fen1 zhi1 jiu3 shi2 = 90 percent

百分之五十 baak3 fan6 zi1 ng5 sap6 bai3 fen1 zhi1 wu3 shi2 = fifty percent

十二碼 sap6 ji6 maa5 shi2 er4 ma3 = penalty kick (football)

幾十億 gei2 sap6 jik1 ji3 shi2 yi4 = several billion

十多億 sap6 do1 jik1 shi2 duo1 yi4 = over one billion; more than a billion

十邊形 sap6 bin1 jing4 shi2 bian1 xing2 = [geom.] decagon

十字路口兒 sap6 zi6 lou6 hau2 ji4 shi2 zi4 luk4 kour3 = intersection, right-angle junction of two streets (like the character 十) 國

十八格習字紙 sap6 baat3 gaak3 zaap6 zi6 zi2 = the paper used in Chinese copybooks for characters approximately 1cm x 1cm

七十一便利店 cat1 sap6 jat1 bin6 lei6 dim3 = 7-Eleven convenience stores

聽君一席話,勝讀十年書 ting3 gwan1 jat1 zik6 waa6, sing3 duk6 sap6 nin4 syu1 = Listening to what you said is better than studying for 10 years

農曆八月十五 nung4 lik6 baat3 jyut6 sap6 ng5 = the 15th day of the 8th month of the Lunar calendar (Mid-Autumn Festival)

八月十五 baat3 jyut6 sap6 ng5 ba1 yue4 shi2 wu3 = Mid-Autumn Festival; [粵] buttocks

十次有九次 sap6 ci3 jau5 gau2 ci3 = "nine times out of ten"

十字街頭 sap6 zi6 gaai1 tau4 shi2 zi4 jie1 tou2 = crisscross streets; busy city streets

十滴水 sap6 dik6 seoi2 shi2 di1 shui3 = a popular medicine for summer ailments (lit., "ten drops")

十年樹木 sap6 nin4 syu6 muk6 shi2 nian2 shu4 mu4 = it takes ten years to grow a tree (...but a hundred for a person)

十有八九 sap6 jau5 baat3 gau2 shi2 you3 ba1 jiu3 = have nine chances out of ten

十四K sap6 sei3 kei1 = the 14K triad society 粵

打十三張 daa2 sap6 saam1 zoeng1 = to play the 13 cards game

打醒十二個精神 daa2 seng2 sap6 ji6 go3 zing1 san4 = to be extremely alert (120% awake) 粵

打醒十二分精神 daa2 seng2 sap6 ji6 fan1 zing1 san4 = to be extremely alert (120% awake) 粵

大喊十 daai6 haam3 sap6 = someone who cries easily, a crybaby 粵

紅十字車 hung4 sap6 zi6 ce1 = an ambulance

十分之 sap6 fan1 zi1 = completely, very, extremely

幾十歲人 gei2 sap6 seoi3 jan4 = middle-aged or old people

幾十歲 gei2 sap6 seoi3 = middle-aged, old

男人四十一枝花，女人四十爛茶渣 naam4 jan4*2 sei3 sap6 jat1 zi1 faa1, neoi5 jan4*2 sei3 sap3 laan6 caa4 zaa1 = men at age 40 blossom like flowers, women at age 40 are nothing but used tea leaves

十字車 sap6 zi6 ce1 = ambulance 粵

幾十 gei2 sap6 = great many 粵

幾十百 gei2 sap6 baak3 = an exaggeration of 幾十 ("a great many") 粵

十四行詩 sap6 sei3 hong4 si1 shi2 si4 hang2 shi1 = sonnet

一目十行 jat1 muk6 sap6 hong4 yi1 mu4 shi2 hang2 = take in ten lines in a single glance; to read rapidly

十五十六 sap6 ng5 sap6 luk6 shi2 wu3 shi2 liu4 = hesitant, indecisive; the TVB game show 15/16

十字準線 sap6 zi6 zeon2 sin3 shi2 zi4 zhun3 xian4 = crosshair, cross-hair

行百里半九十 haang4 baak3 lei5 bun3 gau2 sap6 = the going is toughest toward the end of a journey

五十步笑百步 ng5 sap6 bou6 siu3 baak3 bou6 = someone that has not reached the goal laughs at others that also have not

衰十一 seoi1 sap6 jat1 = to have sex with a minor; to be convicted of having sex with a minor 粵

十一奉獻 sap6 jat1 fung6 hin3 shi2 yi1 feng4 xian4 = tithes, offerings

九出十三歸 gau2 ceot1 sap6 saam1 gwai1 = money lending rule: lend 90% of the amount and expect to have 130% returned

屈尾十 wat1 mei5 sap6 = a quick turn around 粵

十扑 sap6 pok3*1 = support (as a loanword) 粵

十卜 sap6 buk1 = to support; encourage 粵

十四號 sap6 sei3 hou6 shi2 si4 hao = the fourteenth day of the month; [粵]: the 14K triad society

年三十晚謝灶──好做唔做 nin4 saam1 sap6 maan5 ze6 zou3 hou2 zou6 m4 zou6 = did not do what one should have done 粵

古老十八代 gu2 lou5 sap6 baat3 doi6 = very old-fashioned 粵

中氣十足 zung1 hei3 sap6 zuk1 zhong1 qi4 shi2 zu2 = resonant voice 粵

十字螺絲批 sap6 zi6 lo4 si1 pai1 shi2 zi4 luo2 si1 pi1 = Philips screwdriver 粵

十萬火急 sap6 maan6 fo2 gap1 shi2 wan4 huo3 ji2 = extremely urgent

十劃都未有一撇 sap6 waak6 dou1 mei6 jau5 jat1 pit3 shi2 hua4 dou1 wei4 you3 yi4 pie3 = There is not the slightest sign of anything happening yet 粵

養兒一百歲，長憂九十九 joeng5 ji4 jat1 baak3 seoi3 coeng4 jau1 gau2 sap6 gau2 yang3 er5 yi1 bai3 sui4 chang2 you1 jiu3 shi2 jiu3 = parents worry about their children forever

六十後 luk6 sap6 hau6 liu4 shi2 hou4 = the people who was born during the 60's

十惡不赦 sap9 ok3 bat1 se3 shi2 e4 bu2 she4 = guilty of unpardonable wickedness; unpardonably evil

五十年不變 ng5 sap6 nin4 bat1 bin3 wu3 shi2 nian2 bu2 bian4 = (the basic law in HK) fifty years without change

十架 sap gaa3 / gaa3*2 shi2 jia4 = cross (short for 十字架)

十指孖埋 sap6 zi2 maa1 maai4 shi2 zhi3 ma1 mai2 = to be incompetent or uncapable of doing things 粵

十冤九仇 sap6 jyun1 gau2 sau4 shi2 yuan1 jiu3 chou2 = deep-rooted hatred 粵

十萬九千七 sap6 maan6 gau2 cin1 cat1 shi2 wan4 jiu3 qian1 qi1 = a huge sum; a huge number 粵

十賭九輸 sap6 dou2 gau2 syu1 shi2 du3 jiu3 shu1 = don't gamble, you'll lose nine out of ten times 粵

你做初一我做十五 nei5 zou6 co1 jat1 ngo5 zou6 sap6 ng5 = do me harm and I will return the favour 粵

唔理三七二十一 m4 lei5 saam1 cat1 ji6 sap6 jat1 = no matter what 粵

搭十一號 daap3 sap6 jat1 hou6 = to go on foot; to walk 粵

十問九唔應 sap6 man6 gau2 m4 jing3 shi2 wen4 jiu3 wu2 ying4 = unresponsive; uncooperative when being questioned (also：十問九唔答) 粵

十問九唔答 sap6 man6 gau2 m4 daap3 shi2 wen4 jiu3 wu2 da2 = unresponsive; uncooperative when being questioned (also：十問九唔應) 粵

十個茶壺九個蓋 sap6 go3 caa4 wu4*2 gau2 go3 goi3 shi2 ge4 cha2 hu2 jiu3 ge5 gai4 = ten tea pots and nine lids; demand out numbers supply; not enough 粵

十字批 sap6 zi6 pai1 shi2 zi4 pi1 = philips screwdriver 粵

祖宗十八代 zou2 zung1 sap6 baat3 doi6 zu3 zong1 shi2 ba1 dai4 = ancestors to the 18th generation

八十歲返頭嫁 baat3 sap6 seoi3 faan1 tau4 gaa3 ba1 shi2 sui4 fan3 tou2 jia4 = to bring trouble oneself 粵

十拿九穩 sap6 naa4 gau2 wan2 shi2 na2 jiu3 wen3 = extremely certain; ninety percent sure

十二星座 sap6 ji6 sing1 zo6 = zodiac signs

女子十二樂坊 neoi5 zi2 sap6 ji6 ngok6 fong1 = Twelve Girls Band

十三么 sap6 saam1 jiu1 shi2 san1 yao1 = (mahjong) thirteen orphans/thirteen unique wonders

十八羅漢 sap6 baat3 lo4 hon3 shi2 ba1 luo2 han4 = the 18 Arhats; (mahjong) four kong/quadruplet hand

十二張包自摸 sap6 ji6 zoeng1 baau1 zi6 mo2*1 shi2 er4 zhang1 bao1 zi4 mo1 = (mahjong) twelve pieces declaration

三歲定八十 saam1 seoi3 ding6 baat3 sap6 san1 sui4 ding4 ba1 shi2 = the character of a person at age three is already formed and will never change

本篤十六世 bun2 duk1 sap6 luk6 sai3 ben3 du3 shi2 liu4 shi4 = Benedict XVI (Roman Catholic pope)

十五大 sap6 ng5 daai6 shi2 wu3 da4 = 15th Party Congress (of Chinese Communist Party)

十字軍 sap6 zi6 gwan1 shi2 zi4 jun1 = crusaders; army of crusaders; the Crusades

南十字座 naam4 sap6 zi6 zo6 nan2 shi2 zi4 zuo4 = Southern Cross

十二指腸 sap6 ji6 zi2 coeng4 shi2 er4 zhi3 chang2 = [anat.] duodenum

十進位制 sap6 zeon3 wai6 zai3 shi2 jin4 wei4 zhi4 = [math.] denary system (decimal system, base 10 system)

十進位法 sap6 zeon3 wai6 faat3 shi2 jin4 wei4 fa3 = [math.] denary scale (decimal)

十進數 sap6 zeon3 sou3 shi2 jin4 shu4 = [math.] denary number (base 10)

十八歲卜卜脆 sap6 baat3 seoi3 bok1 bok1 ceoi3 = refers to sexually mature girls (lit., "18 years old and crispy") 粵

十八廿二 sap6 baat3 jaa6 ji6*2 = women in the bloom of youth (lit., "eighteen and twenty-two") 粵

十堰 sap6 jin2 shi2 yan4 = Shiyan (city in Hubei)

香港紅十字會 hoeng1 gong2 hung4 sap6 zi6 wui6*2 = Red Cross, HK

香港紅十字會輸血服務中心 hoeng1 gong2 hung4 sap6 zi6 wui6*2 syu1 hyut3 fuk6 mou6 zung1 sam1 xiang1 gang3 hong2 shi2 zi4 hui4 shu1 xue4/xie3 fu2 wu4 zhong1 xin1 (PRC/Taiwan) = Red Cross, HK, Blood Transfusion Service Centre

二十世紀殺人網絡 ji6 sap6 sai3 gei3*2 saat3 jan4 mong5 lok3 = The Matrix

教宗本篤十六世 gaau3 zung1 bun2 duk1 sap6 luk6 sai3 = Pope Benedict XVI

十五二十 sap6 ng5 ji6 sap6 shi2 wu3 er2 shi2 = 15-20, a Chinese drinking game

風水佬呃你十年八年 fung1 seoi2 lou2 aak1 nei5 sap6 nin4 baat3 nin4 = Time will tell 粵

合十 hap6 sap6 he2 shi2 = simplified form of 合什

七十二家房客 cat1 sap6 ji6 gaa1 fong4 haak3 qi1 shi2 er4 jia1 fang2 ke4 = The House of 72 Tenants

一暴十寒 jat1 buk6 sap6 hon4 yi1 pu4 shi2 han2 = to work for a bit then skimp; sporadic effort

格雷的五十道陰影 gaak3 leoi4 dik1 ng5 sap6 dou6 jam1 jing2 = Fifty Shades of Grey

十二指腸潰瘍 sap6 ji6 zi2 coeng4 kui2 joeng4 shi2 er4 zhi3 chang2 kui4 yang2 = duodenal ulcer

未見官先打八十 mei6 gin3 gun1 sin1 daa2 baat3 sap6 wei4 jian4 guan1 xian1 da3 ba1 shi2 = pay heavy price to pursue an objective

十月芥菜 sap6 jyut6 gaai3 coi3 shi2 yue4 gai4 cai4 = begin to cherish romantic fantasies 粵

十年唔逢一閏 sap6 nin4 m4 fung4 jat1 jeon6 = once in a blue moon 粵

Showing all 26 examples containing 十

一隊足球隊有十一個人。
A football team consists of eleven members.

四十除八等於五
Forty divided by eight equals five.
[Lit. forty divide eight equals five. This is okay both for written and spoken Cantonese.]

琴晚個派對十分之熱鬧呀！粵
The party yesterday night was extremely lively (and exciting)!
[the word "排對" is incorrect. we should say "派對"]

一分鐘有六十秒。
There are sixty seconds in a minute.

一小時有六十分鐘。
There are sixty minutes in an hour.

聖誕節之前只剩下二十三天買禮物了！國
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.

我哋嗰個年代十七歲粵
We were 17 (years old) back then.
[Lit. We that generation 17 years old]

佢就嚟十五歲嘅啦粵
He's almost 15 years old.
[Lit. he almost 15 year [particles]]

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.]

一呎是十二吋長國
One foot is twelve inches long.

十三不祥
13 is an unlucky number

雖然佢三十六度板斧都出齊，但都唔夠你犀利粵
Although he put in all that he knew, he could not match up with you.

董先生偷拍女朋友的十來歲的女兒洗澡國
Mr. Dong is taking pictures of his girlfriend's teenage daughter bathing without her knowledge.

佢一個屈尾十就走咗粵
He just turned around and he walked away.

我撴嚫個八月十五。粵
I fell on my bottom.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,127822,127824#msg-127824]

你做初一我做十五
tit for tat, an eye for an eye
[Lit. "what you do for the first half of the month, I will do back to you for the second half" i.e do me harm and I will return the favour. See a video featuring this phrase [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,84620]here.[/url]]

佢今年八十歲啦，重係咁精神爽利粵
She is already eighty this year, yet she is still full of life and zest.

搭地鐵由西灣河到銅鑼灣只需大概二十分鐘嘅車程。粵
It takes only around twenty minutes from Sai Wan Hoi to Causeway Bay by MTR (the Metro).

阿媽鬧人中氣十足。粵
Mum can scold people very loudly

你一日食十包煙，想早啲釘蓋呀？粵
You smoke ten packs of cigarettes a day, (you) got a death wish?
[Lit: You smoke ten packs of cigarettes a day, (you) want to die earlier?]

多謝嗮你噃，承惠十一銀啦。粵
Thank you. Please pay eleven dollars.

呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。粵
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter.
[In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]

妳嘅八月十五好大。粵
Your butt is huge.

我哋去到嗰陣﹐場面十分墟冚。粵
The scene was all alive by the time we arrived.

人質囚禁咗二十日後獲釋。粵
The hostages have been set free after 20 days in captivity.
[Aspect marker 咗 is used to indicate passive voice.]

旅遊業者不須擔心少了某種噱頭十足的用語而流失生意國
The travel industry should not be unduly worried about businesses badly affected due to the cessation in the use of gimmicky linguistics of their promotions.

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