Editing Chinese numerals (section)

=== Large numbers from Buddhism ===
{{Expand Chinese|中文数字#大數系統|date=September 2010}}
Numerals beyond {{zhi|c=載}} zǎi come from [[Buddhist texts]] in [[Sanskrit]], but are mostly found in ancient texts. Some of the following words are still being used today, but may have transferred meanings.

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! Character
! Pinyin
! Jyutping
! Tai Lo
! Shanghainese
! Value
! Notes
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|{{zhi|t=極|s=极}}
|{{Transliteration|zh|jí}}
|{{Transliteration|yue|gik6}}
|ke̍k
|{{Transliteration|wuu|jiq<sup>8</sup>}}
|10<sup>48</sup>
|Literally 'extreme'.
|-
|{{zhi|t=恆河沙|s=恒河沙}}
|{{Transliteration|zh|héng hé shā}}
|{{Transliteration|yue|hang4 ho4 saa1}}
|hîng-hô-sua
|{{Transliteration|wuu|ghen<sup>2</sup>-wu-so}}
|10<sup>52</sup>{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}
|Literally 'sands of the [[Ganges]]', a metaphor used in a number of [[Buddhist texts]] referring to many individual grains of sand
|-
| style="text-align:center"|{{zhi|c=阿僧祇}}
|{{Transliteration|zh|ā sēng qí}}
|{{Transliteration|yue|aa1 zang1 kei4}}
|a-sing-kî
|a<sup>1</sup>-sen-ji
|10<sup>56</sup>
|From Sanskrit {{Transliteration|sa|[[Asaṃkhyeya]]}} {{lang|sa|असंख्येय}} 'innumerable', 'infinite'
|-
| style="text-align:center"|{{zhi|c=那由他}}
|{{Transliteration|zh|nà yóu tā}}
|{{Transliteration|yue|naa5 jau4 taa1}}
|ná-iû-thann
|{{Transliteration|wuu|na<sup>1</sup>-yeu-tha}}
|10<sup>60</sup>
|From Sanskrit {{Transliteration|sa|nayuta}} {{lang|sa|नियुत}} 'myriad'
|-
|{{zhi|c=不可思議|s=不可思议}}
|{{Transliteration|zh|bùkě sīyì}}
|{{Transliteration|yue|bat1 ho2 si1 ji3}}
|put-khó-su-gī
|{{Transliteration|wuu|peq<sup>7</sup>-khu sy<sup>1</sup>-gni}}
|10<sup>64</sup>
|Literally translated as "unfathomable". This word is commonly used in Chinese as a [[chengyu]], meaning "unimaginable", instead of its original meaning of the number 10<sup>64</sup>.
|-
|{{zhi|t=無量大數|s=无量大数}}
|{{Transliteration|zh|wú liàng dà shù}}
|{{Transliteration|yue|mou4 loeng6 daai6 sou3}}
|bû-liōng tāi-siàu
|{{Transliteration|wuu|m<sup>6</sup>-lian du<sup>6</sup>-su}}
|10<sup>68</sup>
|{{zhi|c=无量}} literally 'without measure', and can mean 10<sup>68</sup>. This word is also commonly used in Chinese as a commendatory term, means 'no upper limit'. e.g.: {{zhi|c=前途无量}} 'a great future'. {{zhi|c=大数}} 'a large number', and can mean 10<sup>72</sup>.
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