Sjmarf to Memes@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoChinese numbersimagemessage-square96fedilinkarrow-up1979arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1972arrow-down1imageChinese numbersSjmarf to Memes@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square96fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 months agoSo my Chinese is pretty distant from actual usage, but when did 906 stop being 九百六？
minus-squareammonium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoIn spoken language 九百六 isn’t 906 but 960 ( shortened version of 九百六十), 906 is 九百零六.
minus-squarefeedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoSorry, it wasn’t clear at all - that’s meant to be a number string, like for a key code or phone number.
So my Chinese is pretty distant from actual usage, but when did 906 stop being 九百六？
In spoken language 九百六 isn’t 906 but 960 ( shortened version of 九百六十), 906 is 九百零六.
Sorry, it wasn’t clear at all - that’s meant to be a number string, like for a key code or phone number.
Ah! Makes sense!