"Chinese numeral" meaning in English

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Noun

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. Categories (topical): Arithmetic, Numbers Categories (place): China, Japan, Vietnam Translations (traditional Chinese numerals): 中文數字 (Chinese Mandarin), 中文数字 (Zhōngwén shùzì) (Chinese Mandarin), 中國數字 (Chinese Mandarin), 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(漢字) 숫자 (hanja sutja) (alt: 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 Disambiguation of Arithmetic: 74 26 Disambiguation of Numbers: 68 32 Disambiguation of China: 59 41 Disambiguation of Japan: 49 51 Disambiguation of Vietnam: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 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 Categories (place): Japan, Korea
    Sense id: en-Chinese_numeral-en-noun-lGBxJCBj Disambiguation of Japan: 49 51 Disambiguation of Korea: 0 100 Hyponyms: 〇/零, , , , , , , , , , , , , 萬/万, 億/亿, Suzhou numerals

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          "roman": "lâyk jeen",
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          "word": "百"
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          "word": "億/亿"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "traditional Chinese numerals",
      "word": "中文數字"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "traditional Chinese numerals",
      "word": "中文数字"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "traditional Chinese numerals",
      "word": "中國數字"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "sense": "traditional Chinese numerals",
      "word": "中国数字"
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      "word": "chữ số Trung Quốc"
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