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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 7 hours ago

A quick Chinese lesson

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A quick Chinese lesson

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The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 7 hours ago
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    1 = 壹 2 = 貳 3 = 參 4 = 肆 5 = 伍

    These exist as well.

    They’re used in places where numbers should NOT be forged(i.e. bank documents…)

    This is how they got their numeric meanings btw.

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      Their math homework must take forever

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      I don’t get 4. At least the kanji 4 looks very different

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        Yeaaaah, I don’t know Chinese, but I’ve never seen a kanji of four horizontal lines, just 四 for 4

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        A very Christmassy number, that 4. A Chrismas tree and the scaffolding to decorate it.

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      4 hours ago

      So 伍 is not 5, but five.

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      Does 0 have a shorthand character as well?

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        Can be written as 〇

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        I’m not sure about China but in Japan there’s 〇 which can be used like so: ハ〇〇円 to mean 800 yen, in a restaurant menu for example

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        It’s pretty complicated as-is so no.

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      Oh, cool af! I got adviced to always write years with all 4 numbers not to allow forgeries

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