| 十克 | shí kè | decagram |
| 十八 | shí bā | eighteen; 18 |
| 十六 | shí liù | sixteen; 16 |
| 十六位元 | shí liù wèi yuán | 16-bit (computing) |
| 十六国 | shí liù guó | Sixteen Kingdoms of five non-Han people (ruling most of China 304-439); also written 五胡十六国 |
| 十六国春秋 | Shí liù guó Chūn qiū | history of the Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 by Cui Hong 崔鸿, written towards the end of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏, 100 scrolls |
| 十六烷值 | shí liù wán zhí | cetane number (quality of light diesel fuel, measured by its ignition delay) |
| 十分之一 | shí fēn zhī yī | one tenth |
| 十吋口炮 | shí cùn kǒu pào | ten inch caliber canon |
| 十四 | shí sì | fourteen; 14 |
| 十四行诗 | shí sì háng shī | sonnet |
| 十国春秋 | shí guó chūn qiū | History of Ten States of South China (1669) by Wu Renchen 吴任臣, 77 scrolls |
| 十堰 | Shí yàn | Shiyan prefecture level city in Hubei |
| 十堰市 | Shí yàn shì | Shiyan prefecture level city in Hubei |
| 十多亿 | shí duō yì | over one billion; more than a billion |
| 十天干 | shí tiān gān | the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III) |
| 十字 | shí zì | cross road; cross-shaped; crucifix; the character ten |
| 十字形 | shí zì xíng | cruciform; cross shape |
| 十字架刑 | shí zì jià xíng | crucifiction |
| 十字绣 | shí zì xiù | cross-stitch |
| 十字花科 | shí zì huā kē | Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a cross of 4 petals) |
| 十字军 | shí zì jūn | crusaders; army of crusaders; the Crusades |
| 十字军东征 | shí zì jūn dōng zhēng | the Crusades; crusaders' eastern expedition |
| 十字军远征 | shí zì jūn yuǎn zhēng | the Crusades |
| 十字头螺刀 | shí zì tóu luó dāo | Phillips screwdriver (i.e. with cross slit) |
| 十常侍 | shí cháng shì | Ten Permanent Functionaries at the end of Han, a byword for corruption |
| 十干 | shí gān | same as 天干; the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III) |
| 十年 | shí nián | ten years |
十年树木，
百年树人 | shí nián shù mù ,
bǎi nián shù rén | It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop. |
| 十几 | shí jǐ | more than ten; a dozen or more |
| 十几个月 | shí jǐ gè yuè | ten months or so; about ten months |
| 十成九稳 | shí chéng jiǔ wěn | to be 90 per cent sure (idiom) |
| 十戒 | shí jiè | the ten commandments (religion) |
| 十拿九稳 | shí ná jiǔ wěn | extremely certain; ninety percent sure |
| 十数 | shí shù | more than ten; a dozen or more |
| 十月 | shí yuè | October; tenth month (of the lunar year) |
| 十月份 | shí yuè fèn | October |
| 十万位 | shí wàn wèi | the hundred thousands place (or column) in the decimal system |
| 十万火急 | shí wàn huǒ jí | most urgent; post-haste; express |
| 十角形 | shí jiǎo xíng | decagon |
| 十诫 | shí jiè | ten commandments |
| 十进 | shí jìn | decimal; calculations to base 10 |
| 十进位 | shí jìn wèi | decimal system |
| 十进位法 | shí jìn wèi fǎ | decimal system |
| 十进算术 | shí jìn suàn shù | decimal calculation |
| 十边形 | shí biān xíng | decagon |
| 十里洋场 | shí lǐ yáng chǎng | to evoke the glamour of Shanghai in the 1930’s and 1940’s (idiom) |
| 十面埋伏 | shí miàn mái fú | Ambush from ten sides (pipa solo piece); House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 张艺谋) |
| 十项 | shí xiàng | ten items; decathlon (athletics) |
| 十项全能 | shí xiàng quán néng | decathlon |
