The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 7 hours agoA quick Chinese lessonlemmy.worldimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1489arrow-down15
arrow-up1484arrow-down1imageA quick Chinese lessonlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to memes@lemmy.world · 7 hours agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareVeryFrugal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66·edit-25 hours ago1 = 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.
minus-squarelightnsfw@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·55 minutes agoTheir math homework must take forever
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 hours agoI don’t get 4. At least the kanji 4 looks very different
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·43 minutes agoYeaaaah, I don’t know Chinese, but I’ve never seen a kanji of four horizontal lines, just 四 for 4
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·31 minutes agoA very Christmassy number, that 4. A Chrismas tree and the scaffolding to decorate it.
minus-squareViperActual@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 hours agoDoes 0 have a shorthand character as well?
minus-squarerenzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 hours agoI’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
minus-squareVeryFrugal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 hours agoIt’s pretty complicated as-is so no.
minus-squareGonzako@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoOh, cool af! I got adviced to always write years with all 4 numbers not to allow forgeries
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.
Their math homework must take forever
I don’t get 4. At least the kanji 4 looks very different
Yeaaaah, I don’t know Chinese, but I’ve never seen a kanji of four horizontal lines, just 四 for 4
A very Christmassy number, that 4. A Chrismas tree and the scaffolding to decorate it.
So 伍 is not 5, but five.
Does 0 have a shorthand character as well?
Can be written as 〇
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
It’s pretty complicated as-is so no.
Oh, cool af! I got adviced to always write years with all 4 numbers not to allow forgeries