Chinese numeral

English

Etymology

From their original development and chief use in China.

Noun

Chinese numeral (plural Chinese numerals)

1. A number represented using a Chinese system involving the characters 一, 二, 三, etc.
2. (in the plural) The system using such numerals, still employed in Chinese and Japanese-speaking countries and formerly used in Korean and Vietnamese-speaking ones.

Hyponyms

• 〇/零, 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 百, 千, 萬/万, 億/亿
• Suzhou numerals

Translations

traditional Chinese numerals

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中文數字／中文数字 (Zhōngwén shùzì), 中國數字／中国数字 (Zhōngguó shùzì)

• French: chiffre chinois m
• German: chinesische Ziffer f
• Japanese: 漢数字 (ja) (かんすうじ, kansūji)
• Korean: 한자(漢字) 숫자(數字) (hanja sutja)
• Russian: кита́йская ци́фра f (kitájskaja cífra)
• Swedish: kinesisk siffra c
• Thai: เลขจีน (lâyk jeen)
• Vietnamese: chữ số Trung Quốc (𡨸数中國), mã (vi)