Last modified on 23 June 2014, at 09:12  Written Chinese/Numbers
The Chinese counting system is fairly easy and straightforward.
There are not as many number words as in English (where the
numbers zero up to twenty require twenty-one different words,
plus more words for the tens, e.g. 'forty'). The Chinese
characters for numbers are used much like the Arabic numerals (0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9). There are a few more characters to say ten,
hundred, thousand, and so forth.  Note that most of the number
characters have another more complicated form representing
exactly the same meaning. This form is used when we do not want
the numbers to be altered after being written, like on bank
checks. This will be explained in later parts of this lesson.
However, the simpler form (小寫) and complicated form (大寫) do not
correspond to Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.  Basic
NumbersEdit  Number 小寫 大寫  The 小寫 are common daily use, as they
are easier to write. In fact, it will be rare to see the 大寫
numbers in normal lives.