Chinese (Mandarin)/Numbers
Number System (数字系统)
基本用字 Basic Characters
- 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, and when writing checks. An exception is zero; the complex form is more widely used. The complex forms are known in English as banker's anti-fraud numerals, in Chinese as 大写 dà xiě (which is the same term for "capital letter"). They are necessary because, since normal Chinese characters are so simple, a forger could easily change 三十 to 五千 with just three strokes. Some have other uses as well (for example, 贰 èr can also mean "to betray"). See Standard numbers for more information.
个十百千万 Larger Numbers
- 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 shí (two 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） Even 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 Use of Zero 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:
- The gesture for nine is not used in Taiwan.
- The third sign for ten is uncommon in both Taiwan and mainland China.
Source: commons:数字手势