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lively discussion with everybody talking at once
pseudoginseng
the 7th day after a person's death
memorial activity 35 days after a person's death
tones of the musical scale
seventy
seventeen
seven emotional states
pseudo-ginseng
the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth
Notice where 七 sits in each complete thought.
A man's life is but three score years and ten.
Source: Tatoeba #8739474 · CC BY 2.0 FRMy friend is seventeen years old.
Source: Tatoeba #333491 · CC BY 2.0 FRTom looks older than seventy.
Source: Tatoeba #7771849 · CC BY 2.0 FRThree cubed makes twenty-seven.
Source: Tatoeba #897470 · CC BY 2.0 FRThere are seven men and four women in my section.
Source: Tatoeba #795616 · CC BY 2.0 FRWould it suffice if I came around 7?
Source: Tatoeba #2052282 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.