TEN    十

The NUMBER which is the successor of NINE.
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The standard word for "ten" is shí 十. 2. In the meaning "ten parts" both shí 十 and shí 什 are used. NB: In front of bèi 倍 one would expect shí 十, but shí bèi 什倍 is common and idiomatic.
Hypernym
  • NUMBER　QUANTITY when COUNTED. [THE DEFINITIONS IN THIS FIELD REMAIN CIRCULAR ON MANY LEVELS AND NEED TO BE CAREFULLY REVISED IN COLLABORATION WITH KARINE CHEMLA.] (anc: 6/0, child: 19)
  • QUANTITY　DEGREE of being MANY OR FEW that CAN be MEASURED OR COUNTED. (anc: 5/0, child: 3)
  • DEGREE　FEATURE of MORE or LESS. (anc: 4/0, child: 4)
  • 王力古漢語字典 ( WANG LI 2000) p. 15

    1. Note that in the common idiom shi2 be4i 什倍 the graph shi2 什 is current, and this is inconsistent with the account in WL 15.

    2. WL 15 claims that shi2 什 is always a collective noun, but the word is common as a transitive verb as well as an adnoun.

    • Words (3 items)

    什  shí OC: ɡjub MC: dʑip 49 Attributions

    In the meaning "ten parts" both shí 十 and shí 什 are used. NB: In front of bèi 倍 one would expect shí 十, but shí bèi 什倍 is common and idiomatic.

      Syntactic words
    • n(amout of) ten; unit of ten
    • narmya group of ten persons or items
    • nfamilygroup of ten families
    • ntenfoldthe tenfold
    • vadNten (times) 十倍 "ten times", note also GUAN 77.3.4 four times 二十倍 and 四什倍
    • vadVin groups of ten
    • vtoNgradedbe ten times superior to; be tenfold in relation to 相十
    十  shí OC: ɡjub MC: dʑip 15 Attributions

    The standard word for "ten" is shí 十.

      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]ten units; ten parts (written also as 什)DS
    • v[adV]timessurpass by ten times; be ten times moreDS
    • vadNten NsDS
    • vadN.adVN=timeafter ten periods of time NDS
    • vadVaction-itemsten timesLZ
    • viten; any large number of
    • vtoNbe ten times as many as
    • v{NUM}1ad.v{NUM}2(adN)so and so many out of tenCH
    成  chéng OC: djeŋ MC: dʑiɛŋ 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • n(post-N)a tenth