Learn Number In Chinese

• Large numbers also present a challenge. The next major division after 1,000 is 10,000 (yī wàn), so numbers above 10,000 are expressed as 'one ten thousand' 'two ten thousands' etc, up to 100,000,000, which is a new character pronounced as yì.

• The only vocabulary needed for all the numbers up to 100 are 0 (ling) to 10 (shí­). The numbers from 10 to 19 are expressed as '10-1' (11), '10-2' (12) etc.

• Twenty is expressed as '2-10', thirty is '3-10' etc.

• When there is a zero in a number, such as '101', it must be stated: for example one-hundred zero one (yī bǎi líng yī).

Mandarin Numbers

0 ling 零
1 yī 一
2 èr 二
3 sān 三
4 sì 四
5 wǔ 五
6 liù 六
7 qī 七
8 bā 八
9 jiǔ 九
10 shí­ 十
11 shí­ yī 十一
12 shí­ èr 十二
13 shí­ sān 十三
14 shí­ sì 十四
15 shí­ wǔ 十五
16 shí­ liù 十六
17 shí­ qī 十七
18 shí bā 十八
19 shí­ jiǔ 十九
20 èr shí ­ 二十
21 èr shí ­ yī 二十一
22 èr shí èr 二十二
etc
30 sān shí­ 三十
40 sì shí­         四十
50 wǔ shí­ 五十
60 liù shí­ 六十
70 qī shí­         七十
80 bā shí­ 八十
90 jiǔ shí­ 九十
100 yì bǎi 一百
101 yì bǎi líng yī 一百零一
102 yì bǎi líng èr 一百零二
etc
1000 yì qiān         一千
1001 yì qiān líng yī 一千零一
etc
10,000 yì wàn 一萬