十九(じゅうきゅう)

じゅうきゅう
number
nineteen
number
1. nineteen
The number nineteen: 十(じゅう) (ten) plus 九(きゅう) (nine). Read じゅうく in 十九日(じゅうくにち) (the 19th of the month).
十九(じゅうきゅう)ページを見(み)てください。
Please look at page nineteen.
He is a nineteen-year-old student.
I will finish it by the nineteenth.
There are nineteen questions in total.
十九(じゅうきゅう)番(ばん)のバスに乗(の)ってください。
Please take bus number nineteen.

Pronunciation

  • じゅうきゅう: the usual reading: 十九(じゅうきゅう)歳(さい), 十九(じゅうきゅう)世紀(せいき), 十九(じゅうきゅう)番(ばん)
  • じゅうく: used in 十九日(じゅうくにち) (the 19th of the month)

Common collocations

  • 十九(じゅうきゅう)歳(さい): 19 years old
  • 十九日(じゅうくにち): the 19th (of the month)
  • 十九(じゅうきゅう)世紀(せいき): the 19th century

Writing

In horizontal text the number is usually written with digits: 19歳(さい), 19日(にち).

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