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== Notes ==
 
 
 
When using measure words, every number is used before the measure itself except for 二 (two). It is replaced with 两. When saying the number two without any measure word, you cannot use 两.
 
 
 
零 is zero. 半 is 1/2.
 
 
 
After the number 9,999, things get complicated. In English, 10,000=ten thousand. However, in Chinese, 10,000=一万. 100,000 is then ten ten thousands, or 十万. This system takes a lot of practice, since our number system is divided by every three zeros, and Chinese is divided into every four zeros.
 
 
 
1,000=千
 
10,000=万
 
100,000,000=亿
 
 
 
Fractions
 
 
 
Percentages
 
 
 
Decimals
 
 
 
Multiples with 倍
 
 
 
== Sources ==
 
 
 
* [[A Practical Chinese Grammar For Foreigners (外国人实用汉语语法) ]] (pp. 58-73) [http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp?_encoding=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&asin=B001J0ADWA&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B001J0ADWA →buy]
 
* [[Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition]] (pp. 18) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415372615/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=0415372615 →buy]
 
* [[Chinese Grammar Without Tears (简明汉语语法学习手册) ]] (pp. 188-98) [http://www.amazon.cn/mn/detailApp/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&tag=allset-23&linkCode=as2&asin=B0041UGAJU&camp=536&creative=3132&creativeASIN=B0041UGAJU 简明汉语语法学习手册 (Chinese Grammar Without Tears)]
 
 
 
 
 
[[Category:Number words]]
 

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