<p>五 乘以 十的 十二次冪
Five times 10 to the 12.</p>

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<p>OR "五乘以十的十二次方" </p>

<p>(Chinese StackExchange complained "Body must be at least 30 characters; you entered 14" Hence this useless filler...)</p>

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<p>I assume that scientific discussion in Chinese uses scientific notation, such as 5&times;10<sup>12</sup>. How would I read such a number aloud?</p>

<p>I looked at the <a href="https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/147/rules-for-saying-numbers">rules for saying numbers</a>, as well as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerals" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia page it links to</a>. The closest thing I could find were the large numbers and metric prefixes.</p>

<p>If I follow the large numbers, then I would guess 五兆, but I'm hoping there's a more general phrase like the way we say, "five times ten to the twelfth power" in English. I found that 乘幂 means exponentiation, so can I say 五倍十二乘幂的十?</p>

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There is a regional difference here -- 兆 is only 10^6 (million) in mainland China while 10^12 in Taiwan...
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Expressing numbers in scientific notation
# Expressing numbers in scientific notation

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-10-28)

I assume that scientific discussion in Chinese uses scientific notation, such as 5×1012. How would I read such a number aloud?

I looked at the [rules for saying numbers](https://chinese.stackexchange.com/questions/147/rules-for-saying-numbers), as well as the [Wikipedia page it links to](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_numerals). The closest thing I could find were the large numbers and metric prefixes.

If I follow the large numbers, then I would guess 五兆, but I'm hoping there's a more general phrase like the way we say, "five times ten to the twelfth power" in English. I found that 乘幂 means exponentiation, so can I say 五倍十二乘幂的十?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: There is a regional difference here -- 兆 is only 10^6 (million) in mainland China while 10^12 in Taiwan...  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2014-10-28. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

五 乘以 十的 十二次冪
Five times 10 to the 12.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2014-11-01. Score: 2

OR "五乘以十的十二次方"

(Chinese StackExchange complained "Body must be at least 30 characters; you entered 14" Hence this useless filler...)


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