Chinese (Mandarin)/Numbers

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[edit] Number System (数字系统)

[edit] 基本用字 Basic Characters

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  • 0: 〇 (零) líng
  • 1: 一 (壹) yī
  • 2: 二 (Simplified:贰;Traditional:貳) èr
  • 3: 三 (Simplified:叁;Traditional:叄、參) sān
  • 4: 四 (肆) sì
  • 5: 五 (伍) wǔ
  • 6: 六 (Simplified:陆;Traditional:陸) liù
  • 7: 七 (柒) qī
  • 8: 八 (捌) bā
  • 9: 九 (玖) jiǔ
  • 10: 十 (拾) shí
  • 100: 百 (佰) bǎi
  • 1000: 千 (仟) qiān
  • 10,000: Simplified:万;Traditional萬 wàn
  • 100,000,000: Simplified:亿;Traditional億 yì
  • 1,000,000,000,000: 兆 zhào

Parenthesized entries are the complex forms, which are used mainly in notarized, official documents. An exception is zero wherein the complex form is more widely used.

[edit] 个十百千万 Units, Tens, Hundreds, Thousands and Myriads

  • 十一 shí yī eleven
  • 十二 shí èr twelve

等等 (děngděng) etc.

  • 二十一 èr shí yī twenty-one
  • 二十二 èr shí èr twenty-two

等等 etc.

  • 一百 yī bǎi one hundred
  • 一百零一 yī bǎi líng yī one hundred one
  • 一百五十八 yī bǎi wǔ shí bā one hundred fifty eight
  • 二百三十* èr bǎi sān shítwo hundred thirty

等等 etc.

  • 一千 yī qiān one thousand
  • 七千二百五十三 qī qiān liǎng bǎi wǔ shí sān seven thousand two hundred fifty-three

等等 etc.

  • 一万 yī wàn one myriad or ten thousand
  • 四万三千 sì wàn sān qiān forty-three thousand

等等 etc.

[edit] 更大的数字(亿兆) Larger Numbers

  • 一亿五千万 yī yì wǔ qiān wàn 150,000,000 one hundred fifty million
  • 两亿零八十万 liǎng yì líng bā shí wàn 200,800,000 two hundred million eight hundred thousand

等等 etc.

[edit] 中文中零的用法 The usage of ling2 in Chinese

If a number ends in zero, there is no need to include the zero character. For example,

  • 350: 三百五十
  • 1350: 一千三百五十
  • 1600: 一千六百

However, if the zero character does not end the number (i.e., it is followed by a non-zero character), it is necessary to include the zero character, while the "tens-place" characters are dropped. For example,

  • 305: 三百零五 (not 三百零五)
  • 1035: 一千零三十五 (not 一千零三十五)

Note that the "十" in the first example and the "百" in the second example are dropped.

If a zero digit is followed by one or more zero digits, only one zero character is need. For example,

  • 1006: 一千零六 (not 一千零零六)
  • 300,250: 三十萬零二百五十
  • 8,000,300: 八百萬零三百

[edit] 数字手势 Chinese Gestures for Numbers

Note:

  • This gesture of nine is not available in Taiwan.
  • The third sign of ten is uncommon in both Taiwan and mainland China.

Source: commons:数字手势

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