VocabularyHSK 3 · core

六

liù

six

Part of speech · numeral

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六six
亠top八eight
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Examples

  1. 六个学生。
    Six students.
  2. 星期六。
    Saturday.

Collocations

六个六月第六

Mnemonic

六 liù "six" — Near-homophone of 流 liú "smooth flow", culturally lucky in China. Idiom 六六大顺 ("everything goes smoothly"). Cognate of Japanese 六 roku.

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