The Number 1213 in Chinese

一千两百一十三

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Pinyin

yī qiān liǎng bǎi yī shí sān

This is written in Simplified characters, in Traditional Chinese characters the number is written 一千兩百一十三

Note the use of 两 instead of 二 often used for the digit 2 in Mandarin for factors of 200 or greater

The number for 1213 in Cantonese is 一千二百一十三, which uses 二 for 2 rather than 兩 in standalone numbers

The number 1213 written in romanized Cantonese (Jyutping) is jat¹ cin¹ ji⁶ baak³ jat¹ sap⁶ saam¹

In Simplified banker's anti-fraud numerals (大写, 大寫, dàxiě), used for commercial purposes, the number is written 壹仟贰佰壹拾叁

In Traditional banker's anti-fraud numerals, the number is written 壹仟貳佰壹拾參

When expressing 1213 as a year, it is common to say it as a sequence of digits: 一二一三 (in Pinyin: yī èr yī sān )

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