Chinese Numerals II

Min Min — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:00:10 +0000

We have learned chinese numbers from 0 to 99, 零一二三四五六七八九十. Click here to revise.

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]
1,000		qiān	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
10,000		wàn	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
100,000,000		yì	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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]
1000	一千	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
10 000	一万	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
10 0000	十万	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
100 0000	一百万	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
1000 0000	一千万	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
1 0000 0000	一亿	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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

Chinese Numerals I

Min Min — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:00:34 +0000

Chinese numerals are characters for writing numbers in Chinese. Similarly to spelled-out numbers in English (e.g. “one thousand nine hundred forty-five”).

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]
1		yī	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
2		èr	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
3		sān	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
4		sì	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
5		wǔ	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
6		liù	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
7		qī	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
8		bā	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
9		jiǔ	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
10		shí	[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

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.
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

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

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

零一二三四五六七八九十

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