Number Converter
Convert any number into Chinese — everyday numerals (一百二十三), the formal financial 大写 forms used on cheques and invoices (壹佰贰拾叁), and the spoken money amount (元角分).
How Chinese numbers work
Chinese has two sets of numerals. The everyday set is used for counting, dates and prices in normal writing. The financial set (大写, "capital" forms) is used on cheques, invoices and contracts because the characters are complex and hard to alter — an anti-fraud measure. Enter any value above to see both, plus the spoken money reading.
Digits 0–10
| Number | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everyday | 〇 | 一 | 二 | 三 | 四 | 五 | 六 | 七 | 八 | 九 | 十 |
| Financial (大写) | 零 | 壹 | 贰 | 叁 | 肆 | 伍 | 陆 | 柒 | 捌 | 玖 | 拾 |
Place-value units
Chinese groups large numbers in ten-thousands (万), not thousands, so 100,000 is read as "10 万" (十万) and a million as "100 万" (一百万).
| Value | 10 | 100 | 1,000 | 10,000 | 100,000,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Everyday | 十 | 百 | 千 | 万 | 亿 |
| Financial | 拾 | 佰 | 仟 | 万 | 亿 |
Reading money amounts
For currency, the units are 元 (yuán, the main unit), 角 (jiǎo, a tenth) and 分 (fēn, a hundredth), and a whole amount ends in 整 ("exactly"). So ¥1,234.56 is written 壹仟贰佰叁拾肆元伍角陆分. The 10 → 十 shortcut (so 15 is 十五, not 一十五) applies only to everyday numbers; the financial form always keeps 壹拾.
Frequently asked questions
What are Chinese financial numbers (大写)?
The 大写 forms (壹 贰 叁 肆 …) are anti-fraud numerals used on cheques, receipts and contracts because they are hard to alter. This tool generates them automatically.
Can it write amounts of money?
Yes. Enter an amount like 1234.56 and it produces the full money reading, e.g. 壹仟贰佰叁拾肆元伍角陆分.
How large a number can it handle?
It handles very large integers exactly, grouping by 万 and 亿 the way Chinese does.