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The manner in which large numbers are broken
Level
down in Chinese is a little different from English.
A2
Unlike in English, where large numbers are broken
Is similar to
down by the number of thousands they have,
Structure of numbers (A1)
Chinese forms numbers between 10,000 and
100,000,000 based off of how many tens of
Is used for
Expressing quantity
thousands they have (with another set of rules for
Keywords
,
numbers 100,000,000 onwards that will be
explained afterward). While the structure can be
difficult to grasp for some learners, there are some easy ways to remember how to form these big numbers.

Contents
1 Ten Thousand -
2 One Hundred Million -
3 A Shortcut
4 Examples
5 See also
6 Sources and further reading
6.1 Books

Ten Thousand -
The number "ten thousand" is expressed by the character (wn). For example, the number 11,000 would
not be written as "", but rather as "". A simple way to remember how to write out numbers
10,000 through 99,999 is that in Chinese, the comma is moved one digit to the left. Using the previous
example, 11,000 would be written out in tens of thousands as 1,1000, with replacing the comma when
written out in Chinese.

One Hundred Million -


After 99,999,999, there is yet another classifier, (y), which is used to express one hundred million. A
number like 1,101,110,000 would be written out as "". Again, an easier way to
translate between the two methods is to write the number out in English, move the comma one digit to the
left, and inserting the appropriate character in their respective places for the commas.

A Shortcut

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One more simple way to remember how to correctly write out large numbers is to pick one or two numbers
and just memorize them. One million, for example, is . If you can memorize that, then going to
is way easier and faster, since you don't have to count all those zeroes.
The recommended shortcuts are:

(frequently a useful number to know)

(this just happens to be the population of

China)

Examples
Here are some more examples showing how this is all broken down:

52,152=
27,214,896=

414,294,182=

See also
Structure of numbers

Sources and further reading


Books
Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product
/0415700108?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&
creativeASIN=0415700108) (pp. 30-31)
() (A Practical Chinese Grammar for Foreigners)
(http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp?_encoding=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&
asin=B001J0ADWA&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B001J0ADWA) (pp. 64-65)

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