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The Number System of Wu Chinese
This page is based on An introduction to the language of Shanghai (written in Japanese).
Wu Chinese is a language spoken in and around Shanghai. It is different from Mandarin, even though they share the same characters. Unlike other Chinese languages, Wu Chinese has a single word for twenty.
| Number | Character | Reading | Meaning
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|---|
| 0 |  | lin | 0
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| 1 |  | yik | 1
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| 2 |  | ni | 2
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| 3 |  | se | 3
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| 4 |  | si | 4
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| 5 |  | gn | 5
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| 6 |  | lok | 6
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| 7 |  | qik | 7
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| 8 |  | bak | 8
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| 9 |  | jioe | 9
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| 10 |  | zhek | 10
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| 11 | | zhekyik | 10 + 1
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| 12 | | zhekni | 10 + 2
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| 13 | | zhekse | 10 + 3
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| 14 | | zheksi | 10 + 4
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| 15 | | zhekgn | 10 + 5
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| 16 | | zheklok | 10 + 6
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| 17 | | zhekqik | 10 + 7
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| 18 | | zhekbak | 10 + 8
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| 19 | | zhekjioe | 10 + 9
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| 20 |  | nie | 20
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| 21 | | nieyik | 20 + 1
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| 22 | | nieni | 20 + 2
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| 23 | | niese | 20 + 3
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| 24 | | niesi | 20 + 4
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| 25 | | niegn | 20 + 5
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| 26 | | nielok | 20 + 6
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| 27 | | nieqik | 20 + 7
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| 28 | | niebak | 20 + 8
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| 29 | | niejioe | 20 + 9
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| 30 | | sezhek | 3 × 10
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| 31 | | sezhekyik | 3 × 10 + 1
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| 32 | | sezhekni | 3 × 10 + 2
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| 33 | | sezhekse | 3 × 10 + 3
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| 34 | | sezheksi | 3 × 10 + 4
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| 35 | | sezhekgn | 3 × 10 + 5
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| 36 | | sezheklok | 3 × 10 + 6
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| 37 | | sezhekqik | 3 × 10 + 7
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| 38 | | sezhekbak | 3 × 10 + 8
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| 39 | | sezhekjioe | 3 × 10 + 9
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| 40 | | sizhek | 4 × 10
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| 41 | | sizhekyik | 4 × 10 + 1
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| 42 | | sizhekni | 4 × 10 + 2
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| 43 | | sizhekse | 4 × 10 + 3
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| 44 | | sizheksi | 4 × 10 + 4
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| 45 | | sizhekgn | 4 × 10 + 5
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| 46 | | sizheklok | 4 × 10 + 6
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| 47 | | sizhekqik | 4 × 10 + 7
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| 48 | | sizhekbak | 4 × 10 + 8
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| 49 | | sizhekjioe | 4 × 10 + 9
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| 50 | | gnzhek | 5 × 10
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| 51 | | gnzhekyik | 5 × 10 + 1
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| 52 | | gnzhekni | 5 × 10 + 2
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| 53 | | gnzhekse | 5 × 10 + 3
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| 54 | | gnzheksi | 5 × 10 + 4
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| 55 | | gnzhekgn | 5 × 10 + 5
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| 56 | | gnzheklok | 5 × 10 + 6
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| 57 | | gnzhekqik | 5 × 10 + 7
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| 58 | | gnzhekbak | 5 × 10 + 8
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| 59 | | gnzhekjioe | 5 × 10 + 9
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| 60 | | lokzhek | 6 × 10
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| 61 | | lokzhekyik | 6 × 10 + 1
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| 62 | | lokzhekni | 6 × 10 + 2
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| 63 | | lokzhekse | 6 × 10 + 3
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| 64 | | lokzheksi | 6 × 10 + 4
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| 65 | | lokzhekgn | 6 × 10 + 5
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| 66 | | lokzheklok | 6 × 10 + 6
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| 67 | | lokzhekqik | 6 × 10 + 7
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| 68 | | lokzhekbak | 6 × 10 + 8
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| 69 | | lokzhekjioe | 6 × 10 + 9
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| 70 | | qikzhek | 7 × 10
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| 71 | | qikzhekyik | 7 × 10 + 1
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| 72 | | qikzhekni | 7 × 10 + 2
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| 73 | | qikzhekse | 7 × 10 + 3
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| 74 | | qikzheksi | 7 × 10 + 4
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| 75 | | qikzhekgn | 7 × 10 + 5
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| 76 | | qikzheklok | 7 × 10 + 6
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| 77 | | qikzhekqik | 7 × 10 + 7
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| 78 | | qikzhekbak | 7 × 10 + 8
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| 79 | | qikzhekjioe | 7 × 10 + 9
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| 80 | | bakzhek | 8 × 10
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| 81 | | bakzhekyik | 8 × 10 + 1
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| 82 | | bakzhekni | 8 × 10 + 2
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| 83 | | bakzhekse | 8 × 10 + 3
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| 84 | | bakzheksi | 8 × 10 + 4
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| 85 | | bakzhekgn | 8 × 10 + 5
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| 86 | | bakzheklok | 8 × 10 + 6
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| 87 | | bakzhekqik | 8 × 10 + 7
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| 88 | | bakzhekbak | 8 × 10 + 8
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| 89 | | bakzhekjioe | 8 × 10 + 9
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| 90 | | jioezhek | 9 × 10
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| 91 | | jioezhekyik | 9 × 10 + 1
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| 92 | | jioezhekni | 9 × 10 + 2
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| 93 | | jioezhekse | 9 × 10 + 3
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| 94 | | jioezheksi | 9 × 10 + 4
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| 95 | | jioezhekgn | 9 × 10 + 5
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| 96 | | jioezheklok | 9 × 10 + 6
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| 97 | | jioezhekqik | 9 × 10 + 7
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| 98 | | jioezhekbak | 9 × 10 + 8
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| 99 | | jioezhekjioe | 9 × 10 + 9
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| 100 |  | yikbak | 1 × 100
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