1. HOW TO READ LARGE NUMBERS IN CHINESE
DUO LUAN
UNIVERSITY OF WALES TRINITY SAINT DAVID

2. The Words You Need to Know
Numbers from 0 to 9 in Chinese
Enumeration of the Numbers

3. Thinking of Numbers in English and Chinese
Each group contains three subgroups: ones, tens, and hundreds
Each group contains four subgroups: 个, 十, 百, 千

4. Example 1
How do you read this large number 527,486,319,741 in Chinese? 5 2 7 4 8 6 3 1 9 7 4 1

5. Example 2 When 0s appear in a large number
Rule 1: ‘0’ is at the end of a subgroup.

6. Example 2 When 0s appear in a large number
Rule 2: ‘0’(s) is (are) in between two digits