Definition
四千五 is a colloquial shortening of 四千五百 ('four thousand five hundred'), where the classifier 百 is dropped when the tens digit is zero — a common spoken Chinese pattern for prices, years, and quantities. Unlike the full form, this contraction is used mainly in informal speech and writing.
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four thousand five hundred (colloquial contraction of 四千五百)
Examples
- 四千五。Zhè tái diànnǎo zhǐ yào sì qiān wǔ yuán.This computer only costs 4,500 yuan.
- 四千五。Jīnnián wǒmen zhāoshōu le sì qiān wǔ míng xuéshēng.This year we enrolled 4,500 students.
- 四千五。Tā měi gè yuè gōngzī shì sì qiān wǔ kuài zuǒyòu.His monthly salary is around 4,500 kuai.
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