HSK 1 · Numbers

十 shí “ten” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 十 means

  1. ten
  2. 10

How to say 十

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale十shí2nd tone, rising

十 in a sentence

  1. 这小男孩能数到十。

    Zhè xiǎo nánhái néng shù dào shí.

    The boy can count to ten.

    Sentence #4265107 from Tatoeba

  2. 五乘二等于十。

    Wǔ chéng èr děngyú shí.

    Five times two equals ten.

    Sentence #4289997 from Tatoeba

How 十 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 十 (shí) with each of its parts in a different colour
十shíten
  • 一one · yī
  • 丨line · gǔn

How to write 十

十 2 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

十 (shí) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 十 (shí). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 十

Words with 十

十分shífēn · very十足shízú · complete

More words: Numbers & Money

六liù · six七qī · seven八bā · eight九jiǔ · nine百bǎi · hundred第一dìyī · first件jiàn · measure word for clothes零líng · zero

FAQs

十 (shí) means “ten” or “10”. It is an HSK 1 word, so it is one of the words learners meet early.
Say it shí: shí with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 十 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 十 from the suggestions. Typing shi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
十 is an HSK 1 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.