zhōu
zi

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Meaning of 苏州码子

苏州码子 means Suzhou numerals; traditional Chinese commercial numeral symbols used in pre-modern commerce. Pronounced Sū zhōu mǎ zi.

  • Suzhou numerals; traditional Chinese commercial numeral symbols used in pre-modern commerce

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
běn
lǎo
zhàng
簿
shàng
mi
xiě
mǎn
le
zhōu
zi
 

This old ledger is densely filled with Suzhou numerals.

zhōu
zi
jiào
cǎo
 
shì
qián
shāng
rén
zhàng
yòng
de
shù
hào
 

Suzhou numerals are also called cao ma, numerical symbols used by merchants for bookkeeping in the past.

Xué
huì
rèn
zhōu
zi
duì
yán
jiū
míng
qīng
shí
de
shāng
wén
shū
hěn
yǒu
bāng
zhù
 

Learning to recognize Suzhou numerals is very helpful for studying commercial documents from the Ming and Qing dynasties.

zhōu
zi
de
xiě
Ā
shù
 
dàn
róng
bèi
gǎi
 

Suzhou numerals are more complex to write than Arabic numerals, but they are not easily altered (forged).

Relations

Measure Words

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