"Twenty" and "Twenty" have the same meaning, both meaning "twenty". "Twenty" is pronounced as niàn, and is also pronounced as "卄". "Twenty" is two "tens" connected together, which means "twenty". In actual use, there is a difference between "twenty" and "twenty". 1. Differences in style: "Twenty" is used in spoken language, and "Twenty" is used in written language
Except for dialects in Shanghai and other areas, "Twenty" is not used in spoken language, but only in written language; "Twenty" can be used in both spoken and written language. Written language should be concise and the number of words should be as small as possible. "Twenty" is often used to mean "twenty". For example, for lunar dates on the calendar, the word "twenty" is used every time "twenty" is used, twenty-one is called "twenty-one", twenty-two is called "twenty-two", etc. "Twenty" is also often used in book titles, such as "Notes of the Twenty-Two Histories", "The Complete Book of the Twenty-Two Sons", "Tanci of the Twenty-One Histories", and "Dream of Prosperity in Twenty-One Years". 2. Differences in times: "Twenty" is mostly used in modern writing, and "Twenty" is mostly used in classical Chinese writing.
Ancient classical Chinese writing is the concentrated essence. The ancients created "Twenty" to mean "twenty". They also created "卅" to mean "thirty" and "卌" to mean "forty". This is all done to save words. In classical Chinese, "十" is more commonly used to mean "twenty". "Twenty" is also used in ancient chapter novels to mean "twenty", such as "Twenty-two Chapter" means "Twenty-second Chapter". The time in ancient chronicles is also expressed by "twenty", such as May 24th in the third year of the Yuan Dynasty, November 4th in the 21st year, and September 29th in the seventh year of Guangxu. There are also expressions of age, such as twenty-four and twenty-five. In modern articles, "twenty" is rarely used to express "twenty". For example, if you write about a woman who is twenty years old, you can say "twenty years old" or "twenty years old" instead of "twenty". To replace "twenty", because if you don't say "twenty" verbally, you won't use it in articles. 3. Differences in style: "Twenty" is mostly used in prose, while "Twenty" is mostly used in verse
Throughout the ages, "Twenty" has been more commonly used in "verse", mainly in poetry. Poetry pays attention to rhythm and has clear requirements on the number of words, so "twenty" is often used to mean "twenty". For example, there are twenty-four bridges in Yangzhou. Du Mu in the Tang Dynasty once wrote a poem about "twenty-four bridges on a moonlit night", but poets often call "twenty-four bridges" "twenty-four bridges". For example: I have no plans to talk about the present day, and the bagpipe soul is obsessed with the Twenty-Four Bridge; I am sad that the moon on the bow of the boat still shines on the Twenty-Four Bridge in Yangzhou; Occasionally I come to watch the waves in the mood, and the bright moon looks at the Twenty-Four Bridge; recalling the old days of the Twenty-Four Bridge in Yangzhou, the jade People are playing the flute everywhere; only the plum blossom poem with tears spread across the twenty-four bridges in Yangzhou. For prose writing other than verse, "twenty" is generally used. Especially in modern prose, because there is no limit on the number of words in prose, unless "twenty" is used in special circumstances, "twenty" is generally used. 4. Difference in scope: "Twenty" has a wide range of use, while "Twenty" has a limited range of use
"Twenty" can be used both for base numbers, such as twenty, twenty-one, etc., and for Ordinal numbers, such as twentieth and twenty-second; can be used for actual reference, such as twenty, twenty-one, etc., or can be used for imaginary reference, such as more than twenty, around twenty, etc. However, the scope of use of "Twenty" is limited. It is not used for ordinal numbers, such as "the twentieth", etc., nor is it used for virtual reference, such as "more than twenty", "about twenty", etc.