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

EnglishChineseChinese
(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

EnglishChineseChinese
(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

EnglishChineseChinese
(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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