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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 ChineseTraditional Chinese

1

One

2

Two

3

Three

4

Four

5

Five

6

Six

7

Seven

8

Eight

9

Nine

10

Ten

100

Hundred

1,000

Thousand

10,000

Ten Thousands

1,000,000

Million

百万佰萬

100,000,000

Yillion*

亿

1,000,000,000

Billion

十亿拾億