Chinese Numerals I

1. Chinese numerals are characters for writing numbers in Chinese. Similarly to spelled-out numbers in English (e.g. “one thousand nine hundred forty-five”).
2. In Chinese Language, there are characters representing the numbers zero through nine, as shown in table below.

   • Arabic Number	Chinese Character	Pinyin	Pronunciation
     0		líng	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     1		yī	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     2		èr	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     3		sān	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     4		sì	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     5		wǔ	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     6		liù	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     7		qī	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     8		bā	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     9		jiǔ	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     10		shí	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required

3. Multiple-digit numbers are constructed using a multiplicative principle; first the digit itself (from 1 to 9), then the place (such as 10 or 100); then the next digit.
4. For the numbers 11 through 19, the leading “one” (一) is usually omitted. E.g. 15 is “one ten five or [1] [10] [5]“, but it is written as 十五, not 一十五 simply because the “one”(一) is omitted.

   • Number	Structure	Characters in Mandarin
     11	[10] [1]	十一
     12	[10] [2]	十二
     20	[2] [10]	二十
     45	[4] [10] [5]	四十五
     60	[6] [10]	六十
     99	[9] [10] [9]	九十九

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零 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十