The Number 2000 in Chinese

两千

0	1	2	3	4	←
5	6	7	8	9	⏎

Pinyin

liǎng qiān

This is written in Simplified characters, in Traditional Chinese characters the number is written 兩千

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 2000 in Cantonese is 二千, which uses 二 for 2 rather than 兩 in standalone numbers

The number 2000 written in romanized Cantonese (Jyutping) is ji⁶ cin¹

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

In Traditional banker's anti-fraud numerals, the number is written 貳仟

When expressing 2000 as a year, it is common to say it as a sequence of digits: 二零零零 (in Pinyin: èr líng líng líng )

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