Learning Chinese: Numbers, numbers, numbers

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Numbers, numbers, numbers

一 yi1 one, 1				三十 san1 shi2 thirty, 30
二 er4 two, 2				五十 wu3 shi2 fifty, 50
三 san1 three, 3				六十 liu4 shi2 sixty, 60
四 si4 four, 4				七十 qi1 shi2 seventy, 70
五 wu3 five, 5				八十 ba1 shi2 eighty, 80
六 liu4 six, 6				九十 jiu3 shi2 ninety, 90
七 qi1 seven, 7				百 bai3 hundred, 100
八 ba1 eight, 8				二百 er4 bai3 two hundred, 200
九 jiu3 nine, 9				三百 san1 bai3 three hundred
十 shi2 ten, 10				五百 wu3 bai3 five hundred
十一 shi2 yi1 eleven, 11				千 qian1 thousand, 1000
十二 shi2 er4 twelve, 12				两千 liang3 qian1 two thousand
十三 shi2 san1 thirteen, 13				万 wan4 ten thousand, a great number
十四 shi2 si4 fourteen, 14				千万 qian1 wan4 ten million, millions, very many
十五 shi2 wu3 fifteen, 15				百万 bai3 wan4 million, millions
十六 shi2 liu4 sixteen, 16				亿 yi4 a hundred million
十七 shi2 qi1 seventeen, 17				零 ling2 zero
十八 shi2 ba1 eighteen, 18
十九 shi2 jiu3 nineteen, 19
二十 er4 shi2 twenty, 20

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