usage - When do we use "廿", "卅" and "卌"? - Chinese Language …
廿, 卅, 卌 are never used in Modern Standard Mandarin Chinese except some idiomatic expressions. They might be used in Old Chinese and Middle Chinese, but never in Modern Standard Mandarin Chinese, except some idiomatic expressions. 五卅惨案 May 30th Massacre. This is the only term that I can think of using 卅 in Modern Standard Mandarin.
How to pronounce 廿卅卌 in Chinese?
2016年4月19日 · In Standard Cantonese, 卅 is saa1, whilst 卌 is sei3 (note 卌 is pronounced the same as 四 when alone). These are somewhat more common in Cantonese than in Mandarin; 卅 is used in colloquial speech referring to the 30th of the lunar month in the traditional calendar, especially in reference to the last day of the year, [Lunar] New Year's ...
culture - 为什么「五二〇运动」没有别称「五廿运动」？ - Chinese …
2024年7月8日 · 既然「卅」字比「廿」字更冷清，那么为什么当初命名「五卅运动」时用了「卅」字，并作为主流命名；而命名「五二〇运动」时却未采用、哪怕是提及「五廿运动」「五廿事件」这些名称呢？
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2024年7月5日 · Duàn Yùcái's opinion is that, since 「卅」 is made of 3 「十」 side-by-side, in ancient texts the joining of the bottom in the 3 「十」 into 「丗」 means that the ancient forms are "simplifications" (省), and is a corruption from transmitted published texts (奪誤).
Are there more special numerals like 廿?
2012年10月30日 · Similarly, 卅 abbreviates 三十 saam1 sap6. But 卅 is pronounced saa1aa6 , an unusual tone contour. Abbreviations for numbers 40 and above are formed regularly: sei3aa6 , ng5aa6 and so on.
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2013年10月12日 · Glyph origins of 十 (ten), 廿(niàn, twenty), 卅(sà, thirty), 卌(xì, forty) Glyph origin of 百 (hundred) Glyph origin of 千 (thousand) References. 象形字典 (Dictionary of Pictographs). 《甲骨文字典》(Dictionary of Oracle Scripts) by 徐中舒. Published in 1990.
Where can I find a list of (acceptable) 连读 words?
Older generations may still differentiate 53 and 55 and consider them different words. However, on a personal note, I believe 卅 is usually pronounced as a slurred 三十, causing the tone to gradually change, also noticeable in the length of slur sounding more like 2 characters are being spoken as well as the last tone is more like a 2 than a 3.
When should I use 兆 instead of 万亿?
2018年4月14日 · 兆 was used in ancient China to represent trillion, it is no longer used in mainland China, but still used in Taiwan, it uniquely represents the mega prefix in the International System of Units currently.
usage - When to use ’啦‘ and "嘛‘？ - Chinese Language Stack …
2014年6月4日 · I've learned two question ending: 吗 in 你好吗? and 呢 in 你呢? But my question is When to use ’啦" and "嘛"？They seem to be question ending also, are they common in Chinese?
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2015年5月1日 · But again, the pressure from the faith in monosyllabic characters were so strong that ligatures (合音字) of these words soon came out (respectively "甭", "廿", "卅" and "卌"). — The Columbia History of Chinese Literature, Victor H. Mair, et al