To say “One hundred (100)” in Chinese, you need a new word – 百 (bǎi) or 一百 (yìbǎi). The difference is the same as it is in English: 百 (bǎi) means “a hundred” and 百 (yìbǎi) is “one hundred”.
零 | líng | |
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1,000 | 千 | qiān |
10,000 | 万 | wàn |
100,000,000 | 亿 | yì |
NUMBER | CHARACTER | PINYIN |
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110 | 一百一(十) | yì bǎi yī (shí) |
111 | 一百十一 | yì bǎi shí yī |
120 | 一百二(十) | yì bǎi èr (shí) |
125 | 一百二十五 | yì bǎi èr shí wǔ |
Number | Character | Pinyin |
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49 | 四十九 | Sì shí jiǔ |
50 | 五十 | Wǔ shí |
51 | 五十一 | Wǔ shí yī |
52 | 五十二 | Wǔ shí èr |
Google used its Chinese name, GǔGē (“harvest song”), but it never caught on with Chinese internet users. On April 12, 2006, Google’s Global CEO Eric Schmidt announced Google’s Chinese name as “谷歌” (The Chinese character version of GǔGē) in Beijing.
But the number four is considered unlucky because it sounds a lot like the word for “death,” and as a result Chinese buildings often lack a fourth floor (just as American buildings sometimes skip the 13th). Likewise, Chinese drivers avoid license plates ending in four.
Number | Hanzi | Pinyin |
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1 | 一 | Yī |
2 | 二 | Èr |
3 | 三 | Sān |
4 | 四 | Sì |
The Number 3
3 (三), pronounced san, is considered lucky due to its similarity in sound to the word that means birth. Additionally, this number represents the three stages in the life of humans – birth, marriage, death – that adds to its importance in Chinese culture.
The character for “yao” is “幺”. Which originally (in classic Chinese) means “young,little”.
Number | Chinese Character | Pinyin |
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76 | 七十六 | Qī shí liù |
77 | 七十七 | Qī shí qī |
78 | 七十八 | Qī shí bā |
79 | 七十九 | Qī shí jiǔ |
777 – “666 but better,” 777 is a play on the numeronym ‘666’ that gamers put in the chat after seeing another show an even more impressive skill. 7451 or 7456 – “I’m angry.” 7451 (pinyin: qīsìwǔyī) or 7456 (pinyin: qīsìwǔliù) represents 气死我了 (pinyin: qìsǐwǒle) lit.: I’m furious.
Seeing angel number 777 means you are in energetic alignment with the Universe and are in a perfect vibrational match to brining in blessings, miracles, good luck, happiness, abundance, great opportunities, and a sign of your dreams coming true!
No, TikTok is not banned in China, it just isn’t available under the same name. Although it is true that TikTok is not available for download in mainland China, it is not banned. The Chinese version of TikTok is actually the original version of the app, called Douyin.
Even though YouTube is blocked under the Great Firewall, many Chinese media outlets, including China Central Television (CCTV), have official YouTube accounts. In spite of the ban, Alexa ranks YouTube as the 11th most visited website in China.
Amazon China closed its domestic business in China in June 2019, offering only products from sellers located overseas.
大人 dà ren. adult grownup title of respect toward superiors. Example Usage Strokes.
Pronunciation | IPA: /tʂɑŋ˥/ (Mandarin IPA) Zhāng (Pinyin) Zoeng1(Cantonese Jyutping) Tiuⁿ (Pe̍h-ōe-jī) |
Language(s) | Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese |
Origin |
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“The number 13 means ‘assured growth’ or ‘definitely vibrant’ in Chinese. That’s why it’s actually considered very lucky.” Still, regardless of its perceived goodness elsewhere, the number 13 is often met with real fear outside of Asia.
In Standard (Mandarin) Chinese, yuán literally means a “round object” or “round coin“. During the Qing Dynasty, the yuan was a round coin made of silver. In informal contexts, the word is written with the simplified Chinese character 元, that literally means “beginning”.
In Chinese, as we heard in this lesson’s dialogue, one way of asking a person their name is: 你叫什么名字? Nǐ jiào shénme míngzì? “What is your name” (literally: “You called what name?”)
12 represents the harmony of the yin and yang: In Chinese numerology, one is a yang number, ruled by the sun and symbolizing independence and individualism. Two is a yin number ruled by the moon and represents symmetry and balance. Together in the number 12: harmony.
Number 44 All Cantonese and Putonghua speakers dislike this number because it sounds like ‘death, death’. ’54’ means ‘will not die’ which is a good number to Cantonese speakers but a bad number to Putonghua speakers because it sounds like ‘I will die’. Number 74 ’74’ means ‘my wife will die’ (Putonghua speaker).
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The number 8 is considered the luckiest of numbers in China and they believe the more 8’s the better. The Cantonese word for eight, which is pronounced “ba”, sounds similar to the word which means “prosper” or “wealth”. In regional dialects the words for “eight” and “fortune” are also similar.Jul 20, 2017
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