The Number 2021 in Chinese

两千零二十一

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Pinyin

liǎng qiān líng èr shí yī

This is written in Simplified characters, in Traditional Chinese characters the number is written 兩千零二十一

This may also be written as 两千〇二十一

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 2021 in Cantonese is 二千零二十一, which uses 二 for 2 rather than 兩 in standalone numbers

The number 2021 written in romanized Cantonese (Jyutping) is ji⁶ cin¹ ling⁴ ji⁶ sap⁶ jat¹

In Simplified banker's anti-fraud numerals (大写, 大寫, dàxiě), used for commercial purposes, the number is written 贰仟零贰拾壹

In Traditional banker's anti-fraud numerals, the number is written 貳仟零貳拾壹

When expressing 2021 as a year, it is common to say it as a sequence of digits: 二零二一 (in Pinyin: èr líng èr yī )

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