Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Memes · 8 months agoChinese numberssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1961arrow-down17file-text
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minus-squareSourDrink @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-28 months agoI think there are certain phrases found in different dialects of Chinese. In Cantonese, the formal way of reading twenty is 十二, but the colloquial term would be 廿. Edit: Should be 二十
minus-squareSourDrink @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoWhoops! You got that right. Should be 二十
I think there are certain phrases found in different dialects of Chinese. In Cantonese, the formal way of reading twenty is 十二, but the colloquial term would be 廿.
Edit: Should be 二十
十二 not 二十?
Whoops! You got that right. Should be 二十