两千五

兩千五

liǎngqiānwǔ

number #31,674

Meanings

1 2,500 ('two thousand five [hundred]')

Characters

five (= 500 here, with 百 elided)

Examples

HSK 3

我花了两千五买了张机票。

Wǒ huā le liǎngqiānwǔ mǎi le zhāng jīpiào.

I spent 2,500 on a plane ticket.

HSK 4

这台电脑两千五。

Zhè tái diànnǎo liǎngqiānwǔ.

This computer is 2,500 (yuan).

Tips

grammar

Colloquial shorthand: 两千五百 'two thousand five hundred' (2,500) routinely drops the 百 in speech, leaving 两千五. The same pattern: 一万二 (=12,000), 三百五 (=350), 五块六 (=5.60 yuan). Be careful - 两千零五 (with 零) means 2,005, not 2,500.

Stroke Order

两 liǎng

千 qiān

五 wǔ