At present, Roman numerals are used in China extensively. The simplified Chinese numbers are mainly used in combination with other Chinese characters to form Chinese Idioms. The traditional Chinese numbers are mainly used in check writing. As in other numbering systems, combination of these Chinese numbering units give you all possible numbers. For example, 11 is 十一 , 26 is 二十六 and 2004 is 两千零四.
Roman Number
|
English Number
| Simplified Chinese | Traditional Chinese | 1
| One
| 一 | 壹 | 2
| Two
| 二 | 贰 | 3
| Three
| 三 | 参 | 4
| Four
| 四 | 肆 | 5
| Five
| 五 | 伍 | 6
| Six
| 六 | 陆 | 7
| Seven
| 七 | 柒 | 8
| Eight
| 八 | 捌 | 9
| Nine
| 九 | 玖 | 10
| Ten
| 十 | 拾 | 100
| Hundred
| 百 | 佰 | 1,000
| Thousand
| 千 | 仟 | 10,000
| Ten Thousands
| 万 | 萬 | 1,000,000
| Million
| 百万 | 佰萬 | 100,000,000
| Yillion*
| 亿 | 億 | 1,000,000,000
| Billion
| 十亿 | 拾億 |
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