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Chinese numbers (sh.itjust.works)
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To be fair, zero is a complicated number

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[–] SourDrink@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

十二 not 二十?

[–] SourDrink@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Whoops! You got that right. Should be 二十