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the one thing missing is the two mandarin words for 2 (essentially 2 and couple, used in different contents)
by Taniwha 9y ago
the one thing missing is the two mandarin words for 2 (essentially 2 and couple, used in different contents)
- kristianov 9y agoEvery numeral in Mandarin does have 2 words. It's like NATO phonetic alphabet "Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, ...". "零一二三四五六七八九" maps to "洞幺两参肆伍六拐八勾". What's more, there are multiple characters for the same numeral, mostly used to counter tempering in bookkeeping.