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Every 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, the
by kristianov 9y ago
Every 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.