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How Many Zeroes?

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ID: 1129 Elementary
The Chinese number system is based on groups of four zeroes, not three. Learn how to talk about big numbers in Chinese, in today's podcast.
Wed Apr 01 2009 | Jenny , Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
零 líng zero; 0
个 gè measure word, ones place
十 shí ten
百 bǎi hundred; 100
小军，五万有几个零？
Xiǎo Jūn ，wǔ wàn yǒu jǐ ge líng ？
Xiao Jun, how many zeroes are there in ''fifty-thousand"?
我想想，个，十，百，千，万，4个零。
wǒ xiǎng xiang ，gè ，shí ，bǎi ，qiān ，wàn ，sì ge líng 。
Let me think: ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands. Four zeroes.
这么慢！那五亿有几个零？
zhème màn ！nà wǔ yì yǒu jǐ ge líng ？
So slow! So how many are there in ''five hundred million"?
个，十，百，千，万，十万......
gè ，shí ，bǎi ，qiān ，wàn ，shíwàn ......
Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, hundred thousands...
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