The Number 2056 in Chinese

两千零五十六

0	1	2	3	4	←
5	6	7	8	9	⏎

Pinyin

liǎng qiān líng wǔ shí liù

This is written in Simplified characters, in Traditional Chinese characters the number is written 兩千零五十六

This may also be written as 两千〇五十六

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 2056 in Cantonese is 二千零五十六, which uses 二 for 2 rather than 兩 in standalone numbers

The number 2056 written in romanized Cantonese (Jyutping) is ji⁶ cin¹ ling⁴ ng⁵ sap⁶ luk⁶

In Simplified banker's anti-fraud numerals (大写, 大寫, dàxiě), used for commercial purposes, the number is written 贰仟零伍拾陆

In Traditional banker's anti-fraud numerals, the number is written 貳仟零伍拾陸

When expressing 2056 as a year, it is common to say it as a sequence of digits: 二零五六 (in Pinyin: èr líng wǔ liù )

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