Chinese: Contracted Numbers

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Tried to do some better editing.

Turn off annotations if you are not studying the characters. They might be distracting.

Have fun! Contracting numbers is fun and very useful.

I was hungry.

Part Five of a seven-episode series on Chinese numbers.

One: Tens
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whEp2TdYnII
Two: Hundreds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir59OpUSpIw
Three: Thousands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZUcakuH4u8
Four: Huge Numbers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMlpwPhT8C4
Five: Contracted numbers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHm2KWDNhXg
Six: Fractions and (decimals)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSal_TlRpxQ
Seven: Measure words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fl7jvqb0VHg

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  • No practice? But I love the dance part! Haha.

    How often are numbers shortened like this?

    Brilliant video as always, HyperLingual - editing flowed nicely too. Thanks.

  • Thanks! There'll be practice next time I think.

    You use the first method whenever you're counting things. For example, you need to count a pile of peanuts on your desk.

    We use the second method for any applicable number while talking. Whenever we come across a number like 56000 we just naturally say "wu wan liu" instead of "wu wan liu qian".

    Sorry I didn't clarify that!

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  • lol... how many diff. accounts do u have? o_0

  • Nope that was me in a nasal voice xD Just something to make my video stay in people's memory.

    Don't worry, I don't mind random comments at all!

  • Woah... was that ur mom?

    Haha... I was gonna type sumthing else but that totally distracted me =P

    Sry if I'm spamming comments on ur vids. Too bored -_-

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