One million? One billion? 一億?
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Difference in Chinese and English number systems
A lot of people are confused about the Western number system and the Chinese number system. How many zeros are there in 一亿(一億)? Eight or nine zeros? Or is one billion equal to 一亿(一億)?
Below is a conversion table between English and Chinese number systems that will clear all your confusion.
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Numbers |
English |
中文 |
Numbers |
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100 |
Hundred |
一百 |
100 |
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1,000 |
Thousand |
一千 |
1000 |
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10,000 |
Ten Thousand |
一万 |
1,0000 |
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100,000 |
One Hundred Thousand |
十万 |
10,0000 |
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1,000,000 |
One Million |
一百万 |
100,0000 |
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10,000,000 |
Ten Million |
一千万 |
1000,0000 |
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100,000,000 |
One Hundred Million |
一亿 |
1,0000,0000 |
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1,000,000,000 |
One Billion |
十亿 |
10,0000,0000 |
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10,000,000,000 |
Ten Billion |
一百亿 |
100,0000,0000 |
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100,000,000,000 |
One Hundred Billion |
一千亿 |
1000,0000,0000 |
As you can see, the Western system separates a number into sets of three digits, while the Chinese system separates a number into sets offour digits.
The Indians have a totally different system. To find out more, please see Western and Indian number systems.