Definition of 十六
- (n) 16; sixteen
Words related to 十六
- (n) the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)
- (n) 16th note
- (n) sixteen-day-old moon
- (exp) the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
- (n) Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China from 304 to 439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period
- (n) Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)
- (n) 36 Initials (system for transcribing initial consonants of Middle Chinese)
