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Right, they also have: 十 = 10 白 = 10^2 千 = 10^3 万 = 10^4 亿 = 10^8 This leads to the non-Western-like feature that the word for a million is 一白万 (1 10^2 10^4)
by vbuterin 12y ago
Right, they also have:
十 = 10
白 = 10^2
千 = 10^3
万 = 10^4
亿 = 10^8
This leads to the non-Western-like feature that the word for a million is 一白万 (1 10^2 10^4) whereas ten million is 一千万 (1 10^3 10^4) instead of 十白万 (10 10^2 10^4) which you might expect if you think using Western number systems and just internalize the rule that "白万 = million".