Basic Chinese Numbers
This section introduces the Chinese number system.
Basic understanding of numbers is essential in many conversations (Including dates, times and days of the week). Each number is shown below, in each case the hanyu-pinyin representation and English translation is also shown.
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| 1 yī 38939一yī/one/1/single/a(n)/(before verbs) "no sooner did VERB happen than..."/(before a noun) entire (family, etc.)/ |
2 èr 9510二èr/two/2/ |
3 sān 28509三sān/three/3/ |
4 sì 31450四sì/four/4/ |
5 wǔ 35127五wǔ/five/5/ |
| 6 liù 21654六liù/six/6/ |
7 qī 26129七qī/seven/7/ |
8 bā 826八bā/eight/8/ |
9 jiǔ 18211九jiǔ/nine/9/ |
10 shí 29999十shí/ten/10/ |
| 0 (zero) líng 21393零líng/remnant/zero/ |
Note! The zero character is only used when expressing the actual number “0″. It is not used as a digit expressing the number ten and above. | |||
Further reading
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