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Counting to 100 and beyond in Chinese
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零
Líng
zero
0%
一
Yī
one
0%
二
Èr
two
0%
三
Sān
three
0%
四
Sì
four
0%
五
Wǔ
five
0%
六
Liù
six
0%
七
Qī
seven
0%
八
Bā
eight
0%
九
Jiǔ
nine
0%
十
Shí
ten
0%
十一
Shíyī
eleven
0%
十二
Shí'èr
twelve
0%
十三
Shísān
thirteen
0%
十四
Shísì
fourteen
0%
十五
Shíwǔ
fifteen
0%
十六
Shíliù
sixteen
0%
十七
Shíqī
seventeen
0%
十八
Shíbā
eighteen
0%
十九
Shíjiǔ
nineteen
0%
二十
Èrshí
twenty
0%
二十一
Èrshíyī
Twenty one
0%
二十二
Èrshí’èr
Twenty two
0%
二十三
Èrshísān
Twenty three
0%
二十四
Èrshísì
Twenty four
0%
二十五
Èrshíwǔ
Twenty five
0%
二十六
Èrshíliù
Twenty six
0%
二十七
Èrshíqī
Twenty seven
0%
二十八
Èrshíbā
Twenty eight
0%
二十九
Èrshíjiǔ
Twenty nine
0%
三十
Sānshí
thirty
0%
三十一
Sānshíyī
Thirty one
0%
三十二
Sānshí'èr
Thirty two
0%
三十三
Sānshísān
Thirty three
0%
三十四
Sānshísì
Thirty four
0%
三十五
Sānshíwǔ
Thirty five
0%
And now for some numbers between 36 and 100:
三十六
sānshíliù
36
0%
三十七
sānshíqī
37
0%
三十八
sānshíbā
38
0%
三十九
sānshíjiǔ
39
0%
四十
sìshí
40
0%
四十一
sìshíyī
41
0%
五十
wǔshí
50
0%
六十
liùshí
60
0%
七十
qīshí
70
0%
八十
bāshí
80
0%
九十
jiǔshí
90
0%
一百
yībǎi
100
0%
一百零一
yībǎilíngyī
101
0%
一百零二
yībǎilíng’èr
102
0%
Once you master the basic pattern, you can construct any number.
五十四
wǔshísì
54 = 50+4
0%
四十三
sìshísān
43 = 40+3
0%
九十八
jiǔshíbā
98 = 90+8
0%
七十七
qīshíqī
77 = 70+7
0%
八十六
bāshíliù
86= 80+6
0%
六十二
liùshí’èr
62 = 60+2
0%
四十九
sìshíjiǔ
49= 40+9
0%
When talking about numbers between 100 and 999 always start with the first digit + a hundred and then read the last two digits. Here are the numbers from 103 to 1,000,000
一百零三
yībǎilíngsān
103
0%
一百零四
yībǎilíngsì
104
0%
一百一十
yībǎi yīshí
110
0%
一百五十
yībǎi wǔshí
150
0%
二百
èrbǎi
200
0%
五百五十
wǔbǎi wǔshí
550
0%
七百
qībǎi
700
0%
九百
jiǔbǎi
900
0%
一千
yìqiān (yīqiān)
1000
0%
一千一百
yīqiān yībǎi
1100
0%
两千
liǎngqiān
2000
0%
三千
sānqiān
3000
0%
五千
wǔqiān
5000
0%
一万
yíwàn (yīwàn)
10,000
0%
五十万
wǔshíwàn
500,000
0%
一百万
yībǎiwàn
1,000,000
0%
两百万
liǎngbǎiwàn
2,000,000
0%
一亿
yíyì (yīyì)
100,000,000
0%
一百三十五
yībǎi sānshíwǔ
135 = 100 + 35
0%
二百四十七
èrbǎi sìshíqī
247 = 200+47
0%
三百七十九
sānbǎi qīshíjiǔ
379 = 300+79
0%
It’s the same with numbers above 1000. Say all the digits starting from the left apart from the last two. Say the last two starting from the right.
两千八百六十九
liǎngqiān bābǎi liùshíjiǔ
2869 = 2000+800+69
0%
七千六百二十三
qīqiān liùbǎi èrshísān
7623 = 7000+600+23
0%
五千零四十一
wǔqiān líng sìshíyī
5041 = 5000+41
0%
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