The most common way of reading Chinese numbers is by the ordinal way of counting like 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十.
TRIVIA: Only the number 2 has two different word depending oh how you will use the number 2. The most common word is 二 (èr) which is commonly used as ordinal number like in rote counting like 1-2-3-4 and so forth, it is also used in ranking (第一，第二，第三，etc.), days of the week (星期一，星期二，etc.) , months (一月，二月，三月，etc.) and dates (一日，二日，三日,etc.) The other one is the word 两 (liǎng) which is specifically used for time (一点，两点，三点，etc.) and with measure words (两个，两辆，两瓶，两张，etc.)
Apart from the common way of writing the Chinese numbers, do you know that there is different way of writing Chinese number for the purpose of any financial transactions?
Watch the video below to know how and why these Chinese numbers used in finance is different from the commonly known ones.
You can check the table below for comparison.
After watching the vide and try to answer the interactive worksheet below and check how many can you answer correctly.
If you wish to learn and practice how to write these Chinese numbers, you can download and print the writing worksheet that I have created for this lesson.
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Until next time, take care and stay safe!
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