The Number 2012 in Chinese

两千零一十二

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Pinyin

liǎng qiān líng yī shí èr

This is written in Simplified characters, in Traditional Chinese characters the number is written 兩千零一十二

This may also be written as 两千〇一十二

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 2012 in Cantonese is 二千零一十二, which uses 二 for 2 rather than 兩 in standalone numbers

The number 2012 written in romanized Cantonese (Jyutping) is ji⁶ cin¹ ling⁴ jat¹ sap⁶ ji⁶

In Simplified banker's anti-fraud numerals (大写, 大寫, dàxiě), used for commercial purposes, the number is written 贰仟零壹拾贰

In Traditional banker's anti-fraud numerals, the number is written 貳仟零壹拾貳

When expressing 2012 as a year, it is common to say it as a sequence of digits: 二零一二 (in Pinyin: èr líng yī èr )

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