玖 (jiǔ) — nine (formal numeral, used in financial documents to prevent fraud)
Definition
Formal written form of 九, used in banking and contracts to prevent fraud. Lowercase digits 9 are too easy to alter, so Chinese documents write the number in this big-character form.
numeral
nine (formal numeral, used in financial documents to prevent fraud)
Examples
- 玖。Zhè zhāng zhī piào shàng de jīn é shì jiǔ bǎi yuán.The amount on this check is 900 yuan.
- 玖。Hé tong shàng xiě de zǒng jīn é shì jiǔ wàn yuán.The total amount written in the contract is 90,000 yuan.
- 玖。Fā piào shàng zhù míng de shì jiǔ qiān yuán.The invoice states 9,000 yuan.
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