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Posted on: Numbers in Chinese
On May 03 at 12:53 PM by bababardwan

Speaking of wan, 晚安 :) Read more

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Posted on: Numbers in Chinese
On May 03 at 12:51 PM by bababardwan

It's an interesting one too, because it has the larger number first , but then that's so in keeping with Chinese [addresses, mindset etc] Read more

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Posted on: Numbers in Chinese
On May 03 at 12:50 PM by bababardwan

I'll pay that and I like your reasoning Read more

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On May 03 at 12:32 PM by si1teng2

Great lesson! But "dàngàn" pinyin is incorrect. When the second syllable of a binome begins with a vowel it must be preceded with an apostrophe: "... Read more

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Posted on: Numbers in Chinese
On May 03 at 12:22 PM by toianw

How about 亿万。Similar in that it sounds like a real number but isn't generally associated with any specific value. Not sure it has quite the same comed... Read more

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Posted on: Numbers in Chinese
On May 03 at 12:21 PM by RJ

Agreed Read more

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Posted on: Numbers in Chinese
On May 03 at 12:20 PM by bababardwan

There's also 数十亿, don't mind 兆 because of it's vagueness Getting away from the slangy feel, the largest I can find is: 古戈爾普勒克斯, apart from 无穷... Read more

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Posted on: Numbers in Chinese
On May 03 at 12:17 PM by RagnarL

Good answer. Now all we need is a native to tell us which is commonly used. Read more

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Posted on: Numbers in Chinese
On May 03 at 12:07 PM by bababardwan

I mean there are many more straight forward ones like 无数, but that doesn't have the corrupted/slangy feel that bajillion and gaziilion has. I think th... Read more

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Posted on: Numbers in Chinese
On May 03 at 12:00 PM by bababardwan

Maybe there is no similarly constructed , but there is 数不胜数, 极大。 Dunno, you got something more in the same vein ? Read more