Posted by Mollan Mo 7829

Learn how to count numbers in Chinese is very necessary for living in China. Although the whole world is using the Arabic numerals, you still need to learn how to read them in Chinese, and how to write them in Chinese characters.

1. Number’s Chart in Chinese Character (from 0 to 10)

Number Chinese character Pinyin English 0 零 línɡ zero 1 一 yī one 2 二 èr two 3 三 sān three 4 四 sì four 5 五 wǔ five 6 六 liù six 7 七 qī seven 8 八 bā eight 9 九 jiǔ nine 10 十 shí ten

Pay attention to number 1 and number 2, the pronunciation of these two numbers are a bit special in Chinese, when 1 exits in tel-phone numbers or address numbers, we prefer to say "yāo" instead of "yī", number 2 is a bit complicated, when we do the count, the number 2 is always read as "èr", when it occurs with a measure word following such as "bēi杯", "ge个", the number 2 should be read as "liǎng 两", for example," two cups of coffee" in English is "liǎng bēi kā fēi 两杯咖啡" in Chinese.

2. Count numbers from 1 to 99 in Chinese

Also, numbers from 11-99 are extremely easier than those in English, you don't need to memorize new word, just combine these 10 numbers. For example, eleven is ten plus one, so in Chinese, we use "十一shí yī" to express eleven，twenty is two 10，so "èr shí" is twenty. I'm sure now you know all other numbers in Chinese from 0-99,they are: 零(línɡ)，一(yī)，二(èr)，三(sān)，四(sì)，五(wǔ)，六(liù)，七(qī)，八(bā)，九(jiǔ)，十(shí)，十(shí)一(yī)，十(shí)二(èr)，十(shí)三(sān)，十(shí)四(sì)，十(shí)五(wǔ)，十(shí)六(liù)，十(shí)七(qī)，十(shí)八(bā)，十(shí)九(jiǔ)，二(èr)十(shí)，二(èr)十(shí)一(yī)，二(èr)十(shí)二(èr)，……九(jiǔ)十(shí)八(bā)，九(jiǔ)十(shí)九(jiǔ)。

3. Ordinal numbers in Chinese

Chinese character Pinyin English 第一 dì yī First 第二 dì èr Second 第三 dì sān Third 第四 dì sì Fourth 第五 dì wǔ Fifth 第六 dì liù Sixth 第七 dì qī Seventh 第八 dì bā Eighth 第九 dì jiǔ Ninth 第十 dì shí Tenth

4. Big numbers in Chinese

Number Chinese character Pinyin English 100 一百 yì bǎi One hundred 1000 一千 yì qiān One thousand 10,000 一万 yí wàn Ten thousand 100,000 十万 shí wàn A hundred thousand 1,000,000 一百万 yì bǎi wàn One million 10,000,000 一千万 yì qiān wàn Ten million 100,000,000 一亿 yí yì One hundred million 1,000,000,000 十亿 shí yì One billion

5. Watch the Video Tutorial about Chinnese Numbers, counting 1-99 in Chinese Mandarin.

Above are the basic Chinese character about numbers. If you want to learn more, book a free trial class here!