"Chinese numeral" meaning in All languages combined

See Chinese numeral on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: Chinese numerals [plural]
Etymology: From their original development and chief use in China. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Chinese numeral (plural Chinese numerals)
  1. A number represented using a Chinese system involving the characters 一, 二, 三, etc. Translations (traditional Chinese numerals): 中文數字 /中文数字 (Zhōngwén shùzì) (Chinese Mandarin), 中國數字 /中国数字 (Zhōngguó shùzì) (Chinese Mandarin), chiffre chinois [masculine] (French), chinesische Ziffer [feminine] (German), 漢数字 (kansūji) (alt: かんすうじ) (Japanese), 한자 숫자 (alt: 漢字數字) (Korean), кита́йская ци́фра (kitájskaja cífra) [feminine] (Russian), kinesisk siffra [common-gender] (Swedish), เลขจีน (lâyk jeen) (Thai), chữ số Trung Quốc (alt: 𡨸数中國) (Vietnamese), (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Chinese_numeral-en-noun-CyhuoNol Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Arithmetic, China, Japan, Numbers, Vietnam Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Arithmetic: 55 45 Disambiguation of China: 82 18 Disambiguation of Japan: 47 53 Disambiguation of Numbers: 74 26 Disambiguation of Vietnam: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'traditional Chinese numerals': 59 41
  2. (in the plural) The system using such numerals, still employed in Chinese- and Japanese-speaking countries and formerly used in Korean- and Vietnamese-speaking ones. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-Chinese_numeral-en-noun-2oeaZlOX Categories (other): Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, Arithmetic, Japan, Korea, Vietnam Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Arithmetic: 55 45 Disambiguation of Japan: 47 53 Disambiguation of Korea: 0 100 Disambiguation of Vietnam: 54 46 Hyponyms: 〇/零, , , , , , , , , , , , , 萬/万, 億/亿, Suzhou numerals

Inflected forms

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