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  <p><span class="english">Numbers in Chinese</span></p>
  <p><span class="english"><a name="CountingNumbers" id=
  "CountingNumbers">Counting numbers</a> (10,11)</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">If you have learned the numbers one to
  ten (</span> <span class="hanzi">一</span> <span class=
  "english">yī</span> <span class="hanzi">二</span> <span class=
  "english">èr</span> <span class="hanzi">三</span> <span class=
  "english">sān</span> <span class="hanzi">四</span> <span class=
  "english">sì</span> <span class="hanzi">五</span> <span class=
  "english">wŭ</span> <span class="hanzi">六</span> <span class=
  "english">liù</span> <span class="hanzi">七</span> <span class=
  "english">qī</span> <span class="hanzi">八</span> <span class=
  "english">bā</span> <span class="hanzi">九</span> <span class=
  "english">jiŭ</span> <span class="hanzi">十</span> <span class=
  "english">shí</span> <span class="english">) and the words for a
  hundred</span> <span class="hanzi">百</span> <span class=
  "english">băi</span> <span class="english">, a thousand</span>
  <span class="hanzi">千</span> <span class="english">qiān</span>
  <span class="english">and ten-thousand</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">万</span> <span class="english">wàn</span> <span class=
  "english">, you will be able to count in Chinese.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">It is very easy to work out the Chinese
  number system. For instance, eleven is</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">十一</span> <span class="english">shí yī</span>
  <span class="english">lit. ten and one, so twelve is</span>
  <span class="hanzi">十二</span> <span class="english">shí èr</span>
  <span class="english">ten and two, twenty is</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">二十</span> <span class="english">èr shí</span>
  <span class="english">two tens</span> <span class="english">and
  twenty two is</span> <span class="hanzi">二十二</span> <span class=
  "english">èr shí èr</span> <span class="english">two tens and
  two. A hundred and twenty two is</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">一百二十二</span> <span class="english">yī băi èr shí
  èr</span> <span class="english">one hundred, two tens and
  two.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">The word for zero</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">零</span> <span class="english">líng</span> <span class=
  "english">is also used for missing units in counting. For
  instance, 105 will be</span> <span class="hanzi">一百零五</span>
  <span class="english">yì băi ling wŭ</span> <span class=
  "english">one hundred zero and five. The word</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">零</span> <span class="english">líng</span> <span class=
  "english">zero here indicates the missing unit of tens. If there
  are two or more missing units in a number, only one zero is used.
  For instance, 10,202 in Chinese is</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">一万二百零二</span> <span class="english">yí wàn èr băi líng
  èr</span> <span class="english">one ten thousand, two hundred,
  zero and two.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">If you are going to be a Chinese banker,
  you may have to learn more complicated figures. For instance, one
  million is</span> <span class="hanzi">一百万</span> <span class=
  "english">yì băi</span> <span class="english">wàn</span>
  <span class="english">(lit. one hundred of ten thousands); a
  hundred million is</span> <span class="hanzi">亿</span>
  <span class="english">Yì.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">The following is a table of Chinese
  number units to help you to work out any figures you want in
  Chinese.</span></p>
  <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=
  "border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none">
    <tbody>
      <tr>
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        "width: 49.2pt; border: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
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        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
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        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
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        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: #993366">亿</span>
          <span class="english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:#993366">Yì</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: blue">千</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:blue">qiān</span> <span class=
          "hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: #FF9900">万</span>
          <span class="english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:#FF9900">wàn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: blue">百</span> <span class=
          "english" style="font-family:Arial;color:blue">băi</span>
          <span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: #FF9900">万</span>
          <span class="english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:#FF9900">wàn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: blue">十</span> <span class=
          "english" style="font-family:Arial;color:blue">shí</span>
          <span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: #FF9900">万</span>
          <span class="english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:#FF9900">wàn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: blue">万</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:blue">wàn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: green">千</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:green">qiān</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: green">百</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:green">băi</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: green">十</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:green">shí</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
        </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
  <p><span class="english">Only the Chinese words on the first line
  are said aloud here. For instance, if you insert the figure of
  453,679,102 into the boxes below you should say:</span></p>
  <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=
  "border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none">
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">4</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">5</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">3,</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">6</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">7</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">9,</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">1</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">0</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">2</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: #993366">亿</span>
          <span class="english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:#993366">Yì</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: blue">千</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:blue">qiān</span> <span class=
          "hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: #FF9900">万</span>
          <span class="english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:#FF9900">wàn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: blue">百</span> <span class=
          "english" style="font-family:Arial;color:blue">băi</span>
          <span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: #FF9900">万</span>
          <span class="english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:#FF9900">wàn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: blue">十</span> <span class=
          "english" style="font-family:Arial;color:blue">shí</span>
          <span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: #FF9900">万</span>
          <span class="english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:#FF9900">wàn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: blue">万</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:blue">wàn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: green">千</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:green">qiān</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: green">百</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:green">băi</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: green">十</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:green">shí</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
        </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
  <p><span class="hanzi">四亿五千三百六十七万九千一百零二</span> <span class=
  "english">sì yì wŭ qiān sān băi liù shí qī wàn jiŭ qiān yì băi
  ling èr.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">However, a word in orange from the
  second line is said when there are no more figures after it. For
  instance, the figure 150,000,000 is a hundred and fifty million
  in English and is</span> <span class="hanzi">一亿五千万</span>
  <span class="english">yí yì</span> <span class="english">wŭ qiān
  wàn</span> <span class="english">in Chinese:</span></p>
  <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=
  "border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none">
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">1</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">5</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">0,</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">0</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">0</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">0,</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">0</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">0</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">0</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: #993366">亿</span>
          <span class="english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:#993366">Yì</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: blue">千</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:blue">qiān</span> <span class=
          "hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: #FF9900">万</span>
          <span class="english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:#FF9900">wàn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: blue">百</span> <span class=
          "english" style="font-family:Arial;color:blue">băi</span>
          <span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: #FF9900">万</span>
          <span class="english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:#FF9900">wàn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: blue">十</span> <span class=
          "english" style="font-family:Arial;color:blue">shí</span>
          <span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: #FF9900">万</span>
          <span class="english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:#FF9900">wàn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: blue">万</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:blue">wàn</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: green">千</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:green">qiān</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: green">百</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:green">băi</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi" style=
          "font-family: SimSun; color: green">十</span> <span class=
          "english" style=
          "font-family:Arial;color:green">shí</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="66" valign="top" style=
        "width: 49.2pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
        </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
  <p><span class="english">The figure only uses the first two
  columns on the left, including one word in orange.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">Reading out aloud a number</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">Telephone numbers and year numbers are
  spoken individually in Chinese. The year 1965 is</span>
  <span class="hanzi">一九六五年</span> <span class="english">yī jiŭ liù
  wŭ nián</span> <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/1965.wav"><img src="../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a> (lit.
  1965 year).</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">Two irregular features about numbers are
  worth mentioning here.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">1. The tone for</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">一</span> <span class="english">yī</span> <span class=
  "english">one changes according the tone of the succeeding word.
  It should be pronounced in the fourth tone unless the word
  after</span> <span class="hanzi">一</span> <span class=
  "english">yī</span> <span class="english">is in the fourth tone,
  in which case</span> <span class="hanzi">一</span> <span class=
  "english">yī</span> <span class="english">should be pronounced in
  the second tone.</span> <span class="hanzi">一</span> <span class=
  "english">yī</span> <span class="english">one is only pronounced
  in the first tone when there is no word after it. The</span>
  <span class="english">yī</span> <span class=
  "english">pronunciation for one can become indistinct if used
  with other numbers or (especially) if repeated, so one is also
  pronounced</span> <span class="english">yāo</span> <span class=
  "english">when used for numbering:</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">1 1 3</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">路电</span> <span class="hanzi">车</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">yāoyāosān lù diànchē</span> <span class=
  "english"><a href="Sound/113%20lu%20dianche.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span></p>
  <p><span class="english">Route 113 trolleybus.</span></p>
  <p style="line-height: 150%"><span class="english">2. When
  expressing quantity,</span> <span class="hanzi">两</span>
  <span class="english">liăng</span> <span class="english">two is
  used instead of</span> <span class="hanzi">二</span> <span class=
  "english">èr</span> <span class="english">two. For
  instance,</span> <span class="hanzi">两个老师</span> <span class=
  "english">liăng ge lăoshī</span> <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/liang%20ge%20laoshi.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span class="english">two
  teachers. However, in a larger number that involves two,
  then</span> <span class="hanzi">二</span> <span class=
  "english">èr</span> <span class="english">is used, but not</span>
  <span class="hanzi">两</span> <span class="english">liăng.</span>
  <span class="english">Some examples are:</span> <span class=
  "hanzi">十二个老师</span> <span class="english">shí èr ge
  lăoshī</span> <span class="english"><a href=
  "Sound/12%20ge%20laoshi.wav"><img src=
  "../Misc/BD18249_.WMF" /></a></span> <span class="english">twelve
  teachers.</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">Written from for numbers</span></p>
  <p><span class="english">Complicated Chinese characters are used
  for bank notes, cheques and receipts to avoid forgery, as shown
  on the second line below.</span></p>
  <table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style=
  "border-collapse: collapse; border: medium none">
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="english">○</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">一</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">二</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">三</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">四</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">五</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">六</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">七</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">八</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.55pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">九</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.55pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">十</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.55pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">百</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.55pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">千</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.55pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">万</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.55pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span class="hanzi">亿</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">零</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">壹</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">貳</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">叁</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">肆</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">伍</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">陸</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">柒</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.5pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">捌</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.55pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">玖</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.55pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">拾</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.55pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">佰</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.55pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">仟</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.55pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" xml:lang="ZH-TW">萬</span></p>
        </td>
        <td width="39" valign="top" style=
        "width: 29.55pt; border-left: medium none; border-right: 1.0pt solid windowtext; border-top: medium none; border-bottom: 1.0pt solid windowtext; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0cm; padding-bottom: 0cm">
          <p><span lang="ZH-TW" style="font-family: PMingLiU"
          xml:lang="ZH-TW">億</span></p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
  <p><span class="english">If you have any questions about this
  explanation, please click here.</span></p>
  <p><a title="These must be submitted before your lessons."
  target="_blank" href="Lessons%201-13.htm#numbers" style=
  "text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700">Assignments.</a></p>
  <p>Translate the following numbers into Chinese (10,11
  numbers)</p>
  <p>46, 58, 87, 93, 11, 22, 65, 74</p>
  <p>152, 478, 101, 1243, 1048, 1834695, 50002</p>
  <p>Write receipts for:</p>
  <p>78 RMB, 58 RMB, 69 RMB, 12 RMB.</p>
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