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  2. Chinese numerals - Wikipedia

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    Multiple-digit numbers are constructed using a multiplicative principle; first the digit itself (from 1 to 9), then the place (such as 10 or 100); then the next digit. In Mandarin, the multiplier 兩 ( liǎng ) is often used rather than 二 ; èr for all numbers 200 and greater with the "2" numeral (although as noted earlier this varies from ...

  3. Chinese numerology - Wikipedia

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    The number 1 (一, pinyin: yī; Cantonese Yale: yāt) is neither auspicious nor inauspicious. It is a number given to winners to indicate first place. But it can also symbolize loneliness or being single. For example: November 11 is the Singles' Day in China, as the date has four '1' which stand for singles.

  4. Chinese number gestures - Wikipedia

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    Chinese number gestures are a method to signify the natural numbers one through ten using one hand. This method may have been developed to bridge the many varieties of Chinese —for example, the numbers 4 ( Chinese: 四; pinyin: sì) and 10 ( Chinese: 十; pinyin: shí) are hard to distinguish in some dialects. Some suggest that it was also ...

  5. Demographics of China - Wikipedia

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    China is the second most populous country in Asia as well as the second most populous country in the world, with a population of approximately 1.4 billion. China has an enormous population with a relatively small youth component, partially a result of China's one-child policy that was implemented from 1979 until 2015.

  6. List of acupuncture points - Wikipedia

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    Abbreviated as BL or UB (urinary bladder), described in Chinese as 足太阳膀胱经穴; 足太陽膀胱經 "The Bladder channel of Foot, Greater Yang". An alternative numbering scheme for the "appended part" (beginning with Bl-41 in the list below), which places the outer line along the spine after Bl-35 ( 會陽 ) instead of Bl-40 ( 委中 ...

  7. Chinese fortune telling - Wikipedia

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    Chinese fortune telling. "Li the half wizard" is telling fortune for a young man. The fortune teller is counting a woman, in the late 19th century. Chinese fortune telling, better known as Suan ming ( Chinese: 算命; pinyin: Suànmìng; lit. 'fate calculating') has utilized many varying divination techniques throughout the dynastic periods.

  8. Hindu–Arabic numeral system - Wikipedia

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    Origins. Sometime around 600 CE, a change began in the writing of dates in the Brāhmī-derived scripts of India and Southeast Asia, transforming from an additive system with separate numerals for numbers of different magnitudes to a positional place-value system with a single set of glyphs for 1–9 and a dot for zero, gradually displacing additive expressions of numerals over the following ...

  9. Standard Chinese phonology - Wikipedia

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    The phonology of Standard Chinese has historically derived from the Beijing dialect of Mandarin. However, pronunciation varies widely among speakers, who may introduce elements of their local varieties. Television and radio announcers are chosen for their ability to affect a standard accent.

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