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Question 1

How would you say 'three hundred and fifty' in Mandarin?

Accepted Answer

三百五十 (sān bǎi wǔ shí)

Answer

Three hundred and fifty is 三百五十 (sān bǎi wǔ shí) in Mandarin.

Question 2

What does 多少 (duō shao) mean in the context of numbers?

Accepted Answer

How many/how much

Answer

多少 (duō shao) is a question phrase meaning 'how many' or 'how much' in Mandarin.

Question 3

How do you say 'half' in Mandarin Chinese?

Accepted Answer

半 (bàn)

Answer

半 (bàn) means half in Mandarin, used in expressions like 一半 (yī bàn, one half).

Question 4

In Mandarin, what word do you use before a number to indicate subtraction or 'less than'?

Accepted Answer

减 (jiǎn)

Answer

减 (jiǎn) means subtraction/minus in mathematical contexts in Mandarin.

Question 5

How do you say the phone digit sequence '1-1-9' (China's emergency number) in Mandarin?

Accepted Answer

一一九 (yī yī jiǔ)

Answer

Phone numbers in Chinese are read digit by digit, so 119 is said as 一一九 (yī yī jiǔ).

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