The Number 1284 in Chinese

一千两百八十四

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Pinyin

yī qiān liǎng bǎi bā shí sì

This is written in Simplified characters, in Traditional Chinese characters the number is written 一千兩百八十四

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 1284 in Cantonese is 一千二百八十四, which uses 二 for 2 rather than 兩 in standalone numbers

The number 1284 written in romanized Cantonese (Jyutping) is jat¹ cin¹ ji⁶ baak³ baat³ sap⁶ sei³

In Simplified banker's anti-fraud numerals (大写, 大寫, dàxiě), used for commercial purposes, the number is written 壹仟贰佰捌拾肆

In Traditional banker's anti-fraud numerals, the number is written 壹仟貳佰捌拾肆

When expressing 1284 as a year, it is common to say it as a sequence of digits: 一二八四 (in Pinyin: yī èr bā sì )

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