Does Yut Yick = 1 billion in Chinese (Cantonese) ?
Evita
I was always wondering how much "Yut Yick" in Chinese, (Cantonese) is ?
Does that mean "one billion"? Only older Chinese use this term or what?
Maybe you people in Hong Kong know about this. Since you always talk about
"Yut Yick." :)
Maybe this term is only reserved for people like Stanley Ho? :)
Regards,
Evita
( Don't Cry for me Argentina! )
THOMAS LAU
1 billion in British usage is equivalent to ten 'Yicks' in Chinese.
Therefore, one Yick is equal to 100,000,000 a hundred million.
Billion in American usage denotes a different quantity, which I am not
sure exactly what it is.
Tingli Pan
In article <Evita.6.0009FBF1@don'tcry.arg>, Evita <Evita@don'tcry.arg> wrote:
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|I was always wondering how much "Yut Yick" in Chinese, (Cantonese) is ?
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|Does that mean "one billion"? Only older Chinese use this term or what?
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|Maybe you people in Hong Kong know about this. Since you always talk about
|"Yut Yick." :)
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|Maybe this term is only reserved for people like Stanley Ho? :)
|
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Tingli Pan 潘廷礼
Jeff Pack
>1 billion in British usage is equivalent to ten 'Yicks' in Chinese.
>Therefore, one Yick is equal to 100,000,000 a hundred million.
I was informed that the British usage of "billion" was a million million, or
10 to the 12th power. (the American "trillion"). Thus it would be 10,000
yicks to the billion.
>Billion in American usage denotes a different quantity, which I am not
>sure exactly what it is.
As an American, I've only known "billion" to refer to 10 to the 9th power, or
1,000,000,000.
Captain Ron
Evita wrote:
>
> I was always wondering how much "Yut Yick" in Chinese, (Cantonese) is ?
>
> Does that mean "one billion"? Only older Chinese use this term or what?
>
> Maybe you people in Hong Kong know about this. Since you always talk about
> "Yut Yick." :)
>
> Maybe this term is only reserved for people like Stanley Ho? :)
>
>
> Evita
>
> ( Don't Cry for me Argentina! )
>
"yut yick" would be 100 million
and "sup yick" (eg. ten "yicks") would be 1 billion
As for only "older chinese" using this term, well, no. I've been here
in HK for over 3 years and it is a very common numerical term since
Cantonese has no term for "million" except for 100 "ten thousands".
I wonder what the put on the signs in the McDonald's in China where it
reads "billions served?"
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On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, THOMAS LAU wrote:
> 1 billion in British usage is equivalent to ten 'Yicks' in Chinese.
> Therefore, one Yick is equal to 100,000,000 a hundred million.
You mean 1 billion pounds sterling = 10 "yicks" in Chinese in currency?
"Yicks" in Hong Kong and in China is different. Since isn't the H.K. dollar
worth more then the Chinese dollar?
One I guess have to define what one "Yick" is.
> Billion in American usage denotes a different quantity, which I am not
> sure exactly what it is.
9
It is 1 X 10 ^ or 1,000,000,000
One with nine zeros.
The quantity is the same, but the value of each is different.
Winnie The Pooh
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THOMAS LAU (la...@vcn.bc.ca) wrote:
: 1 billion in British usage is equivalent to ten 'Yicks' in Chinese.
: Therefore, one Yick is equal to 100,000,000 a hundred million.
places (i.e. men). And, one yick is men men, hence 8 zeros, hence one
hundred million.
: Billion in American usage denotes a different quantity, which I am not
: sure exactly what it is.
Billion is 1000 millions, therefore 10 yicks. Not too bad, huh!?
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Brian Li
Yut Yick in Chinese = 0.1 Billion