Chinese (Mandarin)/Numbers

Number System (数字系统)

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.

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.

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.

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 三百零十五)
• 1035: 一千零三十五 (not 一千零百三十五)

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

数字手势 Chinese Gestures for Numbers

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  1 一 yī

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  2 二 èr

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  3 三 sān

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  4 四 sì

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  5 五 wǔ

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  6 六 liù

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  7 七 qī (may be interpreted as 5 by Malaysian or Singaporean Chinese)

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  8 八 bā (may be interpreted as 7 in some regions)

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  9 九 jiǔ

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  10 十 shí or 0 零 líng

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  10 十 shí

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  10 十 shí

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