🇬🇧🇨🇳 fifteen - 十五 : English Lesson

Meaning of "fifteen" ("十五"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

Fifteen is the number 15. It is one more than fourteen and one less than sixteen. You can think of it as ten plus five, or as three groups of five. If you count on your fingers, you’ll have to use all your fingers on both hands and then imagine five more to get to fifteen!

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

My sandwich had fifteen pickles, which is exactly fourteen pickles too many for civilized society.

At the zoo, I waved at the monkey fifteen times before realizing I was actually flirting with my own reflection in the glass.

I put fifteen alarm clocks in my room, and I still almost slept through all of them like a very lazy superhero.

I tried to do fifteen jumping jacks, but my socks were so slippery I invented a new dance instead.

I took fifteen selfies with my toothbrush because one of them had to look heroic.

A girl blew on a cake with fifteen candles. She counted, "one... fifteen," then laughed. Her friend gave one more candle and said, "Now sixteen?" She took one candle away and said, "Fifteen!" They put fifteen small flags on the cake. Everyone clapped. The girl smiled: she was fifteen and happy.

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This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.

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