Chinese numbers are in decimal system. They have the following features:
1. Ten or Eleven Basic Numbers : ○(0)、一(1)、二(2)、三(3)、四(4)、五(5)、六(6)、七(7)、八(8)、九(9)、 十(10)。
2. after ten, Chinese numbers use the same ascending method, that is to add the basic numbers upon the previous number, like十一(11)、十二(12)、…十九(19) until 二十(20)。In fact, you can replace all the Arabic numbers one by one with Chinese numbers, like, 1,894= 一八九四, but this method is not usually taken in speaking, it’s used in archives or dictionary and index。
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