| 十 | shí | ten; 10 |
| 十分 | shí fēn | to divide into ten equal parts; very; hundred percent; completely; extremely; utterly; absolutely |
| 十万 | shí wàn | hundred thousand |
| 八十 | bā shí | eighty; 80 |
| 十二月 | shí èr yuè | December; twelfth month (of the lunar year) |
| 十一月 | shí yī yuè | November; eleventh month (of the lunar year) |
| 十月革命 | shí yuè gé mìng | October Revolution |
| 十进制 | shí jìn zhì | decimal |
| 十足 | shí zú | ample; complete; hundred percent; a pure shade (of some color) |
| 百十 | bǎi shí | a hundred or so |
| 十二指肠 | shí èr zhǐ cháng | duodenum |
| 十三点 | shí sān diǎn | half-witted; nitwit |
| 二十一条 | èr shí yī tiáo | the Japanese Twenty-one demands of 1925 |
| 十二分 | shí èr fēn | exceedingly; hundred percent; everything and more |
| 十六进制 | shí liù jìn zhì | hexadecimal |
| 十字路口 | shí zì lù kǒu | crossroads; intersection |
| 十字架 | shí zì jià | cross; crucifix; yoke one has to endure |
| 十二平均律 | shí èr píng jūn lǜ | equal temperament |
| 五代十国 | wǔ dài shí guó | Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979) |
| 五光十色 | wǔ guāng shí sè | brilliant colors |
| 十全十美 | shí quán shí měi | complete and beautiful; to be perfect(idiom) |
| 一五一十 | yī wǔ yī shí | lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail |
| 二十四史 | èr shí sì shǐ | twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions); fig. a long and complicated story |
| 十成 | shí chéng | completely |
一传十，
十传百 | yī chuán shí ,
shí chuán bǎi | news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom); an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning) |
一年被蛇咬十年怕
井绳 | yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng | bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy |
| 一暴十寒 | yī pù shí hán | one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp; sporadic effort; short attention span |
| 一曝十寒 | yī pù shí hán | one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp; sporadic effort; lack of sticking power; short attention span |
一朝被蛇咬，
十年怕井绳 | yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo ,
shí nián pà jǐng shéng | once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope; once bitten, twice shy (idiom) |
| 一百五十多年 | yī bǎi wǔ shí duō nián | more than 150 years |
| 七十 | qī shí | seventy; 70 |
| 七十七国集团 | qī shí qī guó jí tuán | Group of 77 |
| 七十年代 | qī shí nián dài | the seventies; the 1970s |
| 七老八十 | qī lǎo bā shí | in one's seventies (age); very old (of people) |
| 三十 | sān shí | thirty; 30 |
| 三十二位元 | sān shí èr wèi yuán | 32-bit (computing) |
| 三十八度线 | sān shí bā dù xiàn | thirty eighth parallel; dividing line agreed at Yalta between US and Soviet zones of influence in Korea, now the DMZ between North and South Korea |
| 三十六字母 | sān shí liù zì mǔ | thirty six initial consonants of Song phonetic theory |
| 三十六计 | sān shí liù jì | The Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics, war, and in civil interaction; all the possible schemes and stratagems |
三十六计，
走为上策 | sān shí liù jì ,
zǒu wéi shàng cè | Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is best.; see also 三十六计 |
| 三十天 | sān shí tiān | thirty days |
| 三十年来 | sān shí nián lái | for the past thirty years |
| 三十而立 | sān shí ér lì | thirty years old and therefore independent (idiom, from Confucius) |
| 不管三七二十一 | bù guǎn sān qī èr shí yī | regardless of the consequences; recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast |
| 九十 | jiǔ shí | ninety |
| 二十 | èr shí | twenty; 20 |
| 二十一世纪 | èr shí yī shì jì | 21st century |
| 二十一点 | èr shí yī diǎn | blackjack (card game) |
| 二十七号 | èr shí qī hào | 27th day of a month |
| 二十世纪 | èr shí shì jì | 20th century |
