The Number 2011 in Chinese

两千零一十一

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Pinyin

liǎng qiān líng yī shí yī

This is written in Simplified characters, in Traditional Chinese characters the number is written 兩千零一十一

This may also be written as 两千〇一十一

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 2011 in Cantonese is 二千零一十一, which uses 二 for 2 rather than 兩 in standalone numbers

The number 2011 written in romanized Cantonese (Jyutping) is ji⁶ cin¹ ling⁴ jat¹ sap⁶ jat¹

In Simplified banker's anti-fraud numerals (大写, 大寫, dàxiě), used for commercial purposes, the number is written 贰仟零壹拾壹

In Traditional banker's anti-fraud numerals, the number is written 貳仟零壹拾壹

When expressing 2011 as a year, it is common to say it as a sequence of digits: 二零一一 (in Pinyin: èr líng yī yī )

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