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          Bob Jones
        
      
      Date : 2009-02-25 / 07:01PM
      
        so to say 99 you say jiu shi jiu. i was wondering how i would say 99 point 999 (99.999). firstly what is the word for “point” and secondly after the decimal point, do you say the numbers just as they are (ie; jiu jiu jiu) or is there anything special i should know?
       
      
      
        
        
          
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 |  | | Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 2009-02-25 / 10:59PM
 |  |  |  | Hi Stompy, point in Chinese is “’dian3”. 99.999 is jiu3 shi2 jiu3 dian3, jiu3 jiu3 jiu3. After the decimal point, we just say the numbers, nothing special Benny 
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 |  | | Stompy Stomp hotmail.com 2009-03-01 / 07:16PM
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