中 Numerals Chinese

Chinese Numerals Converter

Convert numbers (1-99,999) to traditional Chinese characters with standard and financial (大写 dàxiě) forms, pinyin pronunciation and a full character reference table.

Chinese Digit Reference

ArabicStandardFinancialPinyin
0líng
1
2èr
3sān
4
5
6liù
7
8
9jiǔ
10shí
100bǎi
1,000qiān
10,000wàn

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Standard and financial Chinese forms appear instantly.

About Chinese Numerals

Chinese numerals use a multiplicative positional system. Unlike Arabic numerals where "23" means "2×10+3", Chinese writes 二十三 (two-ten-three). The system groups numbers by ten-thousands (万) rather than thousands as in Western systems.

The financial form (大写) uses complex characters that are harder to alter - critical for preventing fraud on cheques. For example, 一 (1) can be changed to 二 (2) or 三 (3) easily, but 壹 cannot.

Type
Multiplicative-additive
Base
10
Group
By 10,000 (万)
Still used
Daily in Chinese