Chinese Numerals II

1. We have learned chinese numbers from 0 to 99, 零 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十. Click here to revise.
2. Today we are going to learn on larger number: hundred 百, thousand 千, ten thousand 万 （traditional : 萬）, hundred million 亿 （traditional : 億）.

   • Arabic Number	Chinese Character	Pinyin	Pronunciation
     100		bǎi	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     1,000		qiān	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     10,000		wàn	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     100,000,000		yì	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required

3. For numbers larger than a myriad, the same grouping system used in English applies, except in groups of four places (myriads) rather than in groups of three (thousands).

   • Arabic Number	Chinese Character	Pronunciation
     100	一百	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     1000	一千	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     10 000	一万	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     10 0000	十万	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     100 0000	一百万	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     1000 0000	一千万	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required
     1 0000 0000	一亿	Audio clip: view full post to listen. Adobe Flash is required

4. Hence it is more convenient to think of numbers here as in groups of four, thus 1,234,567,890 is regrouped here as 12,3456,7890. Examples:

   • Number		Characters in Mandarin
     255	255	两百五十五
     6,824	6824	六千八百二十四
     11,500	1,1500	一万一千五百
     556,824	55,6824	五十五万六千八百二十四
     3,005,000	300,5000	三百万五千
     403,255,135	4,0325,5135	四亿三百二十五万五千一百三十五

Click on the download button to download Chinese characters for the numerals Worksheet.:

百 千 万 亿