The Number 1240 in Chinese

一千两百四十

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Pinyin

yī qiān liǎng bǎi sì shí

This is written in Simplified characters, in Traditional Chinese characters the number is written 一千兩百四十

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 1240 in Cantonese is 一千二百四十, which uses 二 for 2 rather than 兩 in standalone numbers

The number 1240 written in romanized Cantonese (Jyutping) is jat¹ cin¹ ji⁶ baak³ sei³ sap⁶

In Simplified banker's anti-fraud numerals (大写, 大寫, dàxiě), used for commercial purposes, the number is written 壹仟贰佰肆拾

In Traditional banker's anti-fraud numerals, the number is written 壹仟貳佰肆拾

When expressing 1240 as a year, it is common to say it as a sequence of digits: 一二四零 (in Pinyin: yī èr sì líng )

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