十三
shí sān
Pinyin

Definition

十三
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shí sān
  1. thirteen
  2. 13

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
十
shí
  1. 1 ten
  2. 2 10
七十
qī shí
  1. 1 seventy
  2. 2 70
三亚
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
三分之一
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third
三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
三岔口
Sān chà kǒu
  1. 1 At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn]
三峡
Sān xiá
  1. 1 Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qú táng Xiá], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wū Xiá] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xī líng Xiá]
  2. 2 Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn běi shì], Taiwan
三文鱼
sān wén yú
  1. 1 salmon (loanword)
三明治
sān míng zhì
  1. 1 sandwich (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
三星
Sān xīng
  1. 1 Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
  2. 2 Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
三月
Sān yuè
  1. 1 March
  2. 2 third month (of the lunar year)
三生有幸
sān shēng yǒu xìng
  1. 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
  2. 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
三角
sān jiǎo
  1. 1 triangle
三里屯
Sān lǐ tún
  1. 1 Sanlitun (Beijing street name)
二十
èr shí
  1. 1 twenty
  2. 2 20
二十多
èr shí duō
  1. 1 over 20
五十
wǔ shí
  1. 1 fifty
八十
bā shí
  1. 1 eighty
  2. 2 80

Idioms (20)

一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一暴十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 short attention span
一曝十寒
yī pù shí hán
  1. 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
  2. 2 sporadic effort
  3. 3 lack of sticking power
  4. 4 short attention span
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
一板三眼
yī bǎn sān yǎn
  1. 1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail
一目十行
yī mù shí háng
  1. 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
  2. 2 to read very rapidly
三七二十一
sān qī èr shí yī
  1. 1 three sevens are twenty-one (idiom)
  2. 2 the facts of the matter
  3. 3 the actual situation
三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
  1. 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
三五成群
sān wǔ chéng qún
  1. 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三令五申
sān lìng wǔ shēn
  1. 1 to order again and again (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)

Sample Sentences

今天传来了好消息，经过救援人员的搜救，十三位失踪者都找到了，而且都生还。
jīntiān chuánlái le hǎo xiāoxi ，jīngguò jiùyuán rényuán de sōujiù ，shísān wèi shīzōngzhě dōu zhǎodào le ，érqiě dōu shēnghuán 。
Well there is good news today. After an intensive search and rescue operation, all 13 persons have been found alive!
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这篇报导说十二星座是错的，应该有十三个星座。正中，我们生日只差一天，我们不是射手座是蛇夫座。
zhè piān bàodǎo shuō shí èr xīngzuò shì cuò de ，yīnggāi yǒu shí sān gè xīngzuò 。Zhèngzhōng ，wǒmen shēngrì zhī chà yītiān ，wǒmen bùshì shèshǒuzuò shì shéfūzuò 。
This report says that the 12 signs of the zodiac are incorrect, and that there should be 13 signs. Zhengzhong, our birthdays are only one day apart, so we're not sagittarius, we're ophiuchus.
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我知道啊，蛇夫座确实是第十三个星座。
wǒ zhīdào ā ，shéfūzuò quèshí shì dì shí sān gè xīngzuò 。
I know, ophiuchus is actually the thirteenth sign of the zodiac.
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不要激动，你冷静！蛇夫座是黄道上第十三个星座，这件事是事实。
bù yào jīdòng ，nǐ lěngjìng ！shéfūzuò shì huángdào shàng dì shí sān gè xīngzuò ，zhè jiàn shì shì shìshí 。
Don't get so mad. Calm down! Ophiuchus is the thirteenth sign of the zodiac on the ecliptic, that is true.
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你不要紧张，蛇夫座是黄道上第十三个星座，这个在很久以前就有很多讨论了。
nǐ bù yào jǐnzhāng ，shéfūzuò shì huángdào shàng dì shí sān gè xīngzuò ，zhè ge zài hěnjiǔ yǐqián jiù yǒu hěn duō tǎolùn le 。
Don't get worked up. Ophiuchus is the thirteenth sign of the zodiac on the ecliptic. There was a lot of talk about this some time ago.
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美国太空总署之前就说过，蛇夫座是黄道上第十三个星座，但这是科学意义的第十三个星座，天文学不等于占星学，占星学的十二星座还是可以继续存在。
Měiguó tàikōngzǒngshǔ zhīqián jiù shuō guò ，shéfūzuò shì huángdào shàng dì shí sān gè xīngzuò ，dàn zhè shì kēxué yìyì de dì shí sān gè xīngzuò ，tiānwénxué bù děngyú zhànxīngxué ，zhànxīngxué de shí èr xīngzuò háishì kěyǐ jìxù cúnzài 。
NASA said before that ophiuchus is the thirteenth zodiac on the ecliptic, but it's the thirteenth zodiac scientifically speaking. Astronomy does not equate to astrology. The twelve horoscopes of astrology continue to exist.
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是的，英国脱欧是英国前首相卡梅伦2013年一月二十三日首次提出来的。2016年六月二十三日，英国正式就是否脱离欧盟进行公开投票表决。
shì de ，Yīngguó tuōōu shì Yīngguó qián shǒuxiàng Kǎ Méilún 2013 nián yīyuè èrshísān rì shǒucì tí chūlái de 。2016 nián liùyuè èrshísān rì ，Yīngguó zhèngshì jiù shìfǒu tuōlí Ōuméng jìnxíng gōngkāi tóupiào biǎojué 。
Yes, Brexit was first proposed by the former UK Prime Minister David Cameron on January 23rd, 2013. On June 23rd, 2016, the UK held a formal referendum on whether or not to leave the EU.
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因日圆汇率狂飙，连带拖累日经指数，18日以低盘一万六千八百八十三点开出后，指数跌幅一路扩大、盘势一度大跌超过两百八十点，终场跌了一点二五百分比，收在一万六千七百二十四点八一点。
yīn rìyuán huìlǜ kuángbiāo ，liándài tuōlèi rìjīng zhǐshù ，18rì yǐ dīpán yīwànliùqiānbābǎibāshísān diǎnr kāichū hòu ，zhǐshù diēfú yī lù kuòdà 、pánshì yīdù dà diē chāoguò liǎngbǎibāshídiǎn diǎnr ，chǎng diē le yīdiǎnèrwu bǎifēnbǐ ，shōu zài yīwànliùqiān qībǎi èrshísìdiǎnbāyī diǎnr 。
The surge in the Japanese yen has gone on to affect the Nikkei 225 stock market index. After opening low on the 18th at 16,883 points, the decline has continued, with the board going on to lose over 280 points, down 1.25 percentage points by end of trade, finishing at 16,724.81 points.
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没错，NBA有史以来最长的连胜纪录是三十三连胜，我相信勇士队有机会去冲击这个纪录。
méicuò ，NBA yǒushǐyǐlái zuìcháng de lián shèng jìlù shì sānshí sān lián shèng ，wǒ xiāngxìn yǒngshìduì yǒu jīhuì qù chōngjī zhè ge jìlù 。
That's right, the longest streak in NBA history was 33 games, I believe that the Warriors have an opportunity to take a shot at that record.
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三十三
sānshísān
thirty-three
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