四十 (sei3 sap6) — forty [Syn.] 卌 in Cantonese
sei˗₃四sapˍ₆十
Mandarin Pinyin: si4 shi2
Meaning of 四十
nounforty [Syn.] 卌
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Example Sentences with 四十
四十除八等於五
Forty divided by eight equals five.
daiˍ₆第sei˗₃四sapˍ₆十jipˍ₆頁taiˊ²睇mˎ₄唔tai2?睇?
Page forty, do you want to look?
keoiˏ₅佢haiˍ₆係daiˍ₆第sei˗₃四sapˍ₆十jatˉ¹一go3.個。
He/She is the forty-first one.
daiˍ₆第sei˗₃四sapˍ₆十manˉ¹蚊gau˗₃夠mˎ₄唔gau3?夠?
Is forty dollars enough?
daiˍ₆第sei˗₃四sapˍ₆十keiˎ₄期jauˏ₅有diˉ¹啲me1?咩?
What's in issue forty?
Characters in 四十
Words Containing 四十
四十二sei3 sap6 ji6
forty-two; 42
四十八sei3 sap6 baat3
forty-eight; 48
四十一sei3 sap6 jat1
forty-one; 41
四十六sei3 sap6 luk6
forty six; 46
四十九sei3 sap6 gau2
forty-nine; 49
四十四sei3 sap6 sei3
forty-four; 44
四十七sei3 sap6 cat1
forty-seven; 47
第四十dai6 sei3 sap6
fortieth
四十年代sei3 sap6 nin4 doi6
in the 1940's
莉莉四十lei6 lei6 sei3 sap6
seconal (quinalbartitone, a type of depressant) [colloquial]
男人四十一枝花，女人四十爛茶渣naam4 jan2 sei3 sap6 jat1 zi1 faa1, neoi5 jan2 sei3 sap3 laan6 caa4 zaa1
men at age 40 blossom like flowers, women at age 40 are nothing but used tea leaves
四十五sei3 sap6 ng5
forty-five; 45
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