五十 (wǔ shí): meaning and stroke order

五十 in our stories

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• 学校只有两间教室，五十多个学生，最小的才六岁。

  xuéxiào zhǐ yǒu liǎng jiān jiàoshì wǔshí duō gè xuésheng zuì xiǎo de cái liù suì

  The school had only two classrooms and fifty-odd pupils; the youngest was just six.

  From the story English on the basketball court HSK 5

• 他们在自己的小区里贴了五十张纸，上面写着：“需要借什么，就在下面写上；愿意借出什么，也写上。”

  tāmen zài zìjǐ de xiǎoqū lǐ tiē le wǔshí zhāng zhǐ shàngmiàn xiě zhe xūyào jiè shénme jiù zài xiàmiàn xiě shàng yuànyì jièchū shénme yě xiě shàng

  They put up fifty sheets of paper around their housing estate: "Write below what you need to borrow, and what you're willing to lend."

  From the story Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5

• 实习记者柯雨桐接到了第一个任务：为报纸的“城市记忆”栏目，采访一位在街角修了五十年鞋的老人。

  shíxí jìzhě Kē Yǔtóng jiēdào le dì-yī gè rènwu wèi bàozhǐ de chéngshì jìyì lánmù cǎifǎng yí wèi zài jiējiǎo xiū le wǔshí nián xié de lǎorén

  Trainee reporter Ke Yutong got her first assignment: for the paper's "City Memories" column, interview an old man who had mended shoes on a street corner for fifty years.

  From the story Old Du on the corner HSK 6