To be fair, zero is a complicated number

  • Frozengyro@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Japanese pronounces some numbers different depending on what you are counting. Is this the same for Chinese?

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      5 months ago

      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.

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      5 months ago

      Bro first of all, no one should ever freeze a gyro, second, will you please elaborate because that is 100% interesting

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      No, but whenever you have something that’s countable (even if it’s just 1), you have to do <number> <measure word> <thing>, so instead of “I have a ticket” or “we want 2 waters”, you have to do “I have 1 <measure word for flat things> ticket” or “I(plural) want 2 <measure word for cups> water”.

      There’s a generic measure word, but I think it’s seen as improper to use it.