大写 (dà xiě) — capital letters, uppercase; elaborate Chinese numerals (used in finance to prevent tampering)
Definition
大写 has two unrelated meanings: 'capital letters' (大写字母) and 'elaborate Chinese numerals' (大写数字) used on checks and invoices to prevent forgery.
noun
capital lettersuppercaseelaborate Chinese numerals (used in finance to prevent tampering)
Examples
- 大写。Yīng wén míng zì de shǒu zì mǔ bì xū dà xiě.The first letter of an English name must be capitalized.
- 大写。Zhè zhāng fā piào shàng suǒ yǒu jīn é dōu yào yòng dà xiě shù zì tián xiě.All amounts on this invoice must be written in elaborate numerals.
- 。Qǐng bǎ zhè jù huà gǎi wéi dà xiě zì mǔ.Please change this sentence to capital letters.
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