Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoChinese numberssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1990arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1984arrow-down1imageChinese numberssh.itjust.worksSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 months agoSo my Chinese is pretty distant from actual usage, but when did 906 stop being 九百六？
minus-squareammonium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoIn spoken language 九百六 isn’t 906 but 960 ( shortened version of 九百六十), 906 is 九百零六.
minus-squarefeedum_sneedson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoSorry, it wasn’t clear at all - that’s meant to be a number string, like for a key code or phone number.
So my Chinese is pretty distant from actual usage, but when did 906 stop being 九百六？
In spoken language 九百六 isn’t 906 but 960 ( shortened version of 九百六十), 906 is 九百零六.
Sorry, it wasn’t clear at all - that’s meant to be a number string, like for a key code or phone number.
Ah! Makes sense!