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Numbers are a great place to begin your journey into the Chinese language. Start by learning the numbers from 1 to 10, then 11 to 20, 21 to 100 and so on. Pay attention to the recurring patterns that will help you form any number above one hundred easily!
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Numbers from 0 to 10
| English | Chinese | Chinese (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | zero | 零 | líng | |
1 | one | 一 | yī | |
2 | two | 二 | èr | |
3 | three | 三 | sān | |
4 | four | 四 | sì | |
5 | five | 五 | wǔ | |
6 | six | 六 | liù | |
7 | seven | 七 | qī | |
8 | eight | 八 | bā | |
9 | nine | 九 | jiǔ | |
10 | ten | 十 | shí |
Numbers from 11 to 100
| English | Chinese | Chinese (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | eleven | 十一 | shí yī | |
12 | twelve | 十二 | shí èr | |
13 | thirteen | 十三 | shí sān | |
14 | fourteen | 十四 | shí sì | |
15 | fifteen | 十五 | shí wǔ | |
16 | sixteen | 十六 | shí liù | |
17 | seventeen | 十七 | shí qī | |
18 | eighteen | 十八 | shí bā | |
19 | nineteen | 二十 | èr shí | |
20 | twenty | 二十 | èr shí | |
21 | twenty-one | 二十一 | èr shí yī | |
30 | thirty | 三十 | sān shí | |
40 | fourty | 四十 | sì shí | |
50 | fifty | 五十 | wǔ shí | |
60 | sixty | 六十 | liù shí | |
70 | seventy | 七十 | qī shí | |
80 | eighty | 八十 | bā shí | |
90 | ninety | 九十 | jiǔ shí | |
100 | one hundred | 一百 | yī bǎi |
Numbers from 101 to 1,000,000
| English | Chinese | Chinese (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
101 | one hundred and one | 一百零一 | yī bǎi líng yī | |
200 | two hundred | 两百 | liǎng bǎi | |
300 | three hundred | 三百 | sān bǎi | |
400 | four hundred | 四百 | sì bǎi | |
500 | five hundred | 五百 | wǔ bǎi | |
600 | six hundred | 六百 | liù bǎi | |
700 | seven hundred | 七百 | qī bǎi | |
800 | eight hundred | 八百 | bā bǎi | |
900 | nine hundred | 九百 | jiǔ bǎi | |
1000 | one thousand | 一千 | yī qiān | |
2000 | two thousand | 两千 | liǎng qiān | |
3000 | three thousand | 三千 | sān qiān | |
5000 | five thousand | 五千 | wǔ qiān | |
100000 | one hundred thousand | 十万 | shí wàn | |
1000000 | one million | 百万 | bǎi wàn |
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