小写 (xiǎo xiě) — lowercase letter; simple form of Chinese numerals (as opposed to the formal 大写)
Definition
小写 has two senses: (1) lowercase letters in the Latin alphabet; (2) the simple form of Chinese numerals (一二三), contrasted with the formal 大写 (壹贰叁) used on checks and contracts.
noun
lowercase lettersimple form of Chinese numerals (as opposed to the formal 大写)
Examples
- 小写。Zhè ge dān cí yīng gāi yòng xiǎo xiě xiě.This word should be written in lowercase.
- ，小写，贰。Zài zhōng wén lǐ, xiǎo xiě shù zì jiù shì yī èr sān, dà xiě shì yī èr sān.In Chinese, the simple numerals are one, two, three; the formal ones are the complex forms.
- 小写。Tā de qiān míng yòng de shì xiǎo xiě zì mǔ.His signature uses lowercase letters.
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