<Li> 10,000: Numbers larger than ten thousand . In Chinese, 10 thousand is read as one myriad (萬), 100 thousand as 10 myriad, one million as 100 myriad . Even so, most people will not use the English word "myriad" so this type of English is hardly ever seen . </Li> <Li> Fractions: In Chinese, the denominator is read before the numerator, so "three over four" (or three - fourths) may misunderstood as "four over three". In this example, three - fourths in Chinese is "四 分 之 三", literally "out of four portions, three". </Li> <Li> Discounts: the Chinese way of saying 10% off is "90% of the original price". This is often written as 9 折 (or 九 折) which is understood to mean "discounted to 9 / 10 of the original price". When two digits are given the divisor is understood to be 100, e.g. 75 折 (or 七 五 折) means 25% off . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Both British and American spellings are in common use, with the British variant predominating in official circles . </Li> <Li> When referring to the same thing, British vocabulary is more commonly used, for example: bin instead of garbage can; lift instead of elevator; mobile phone instead of cell phone; estate agent instead of real estate broker; chips instead of french fries . </Li> <Li> The Center (中環 中心) is an example of American spelling in Hong Kong . </Li> </Ul>

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