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Numbers in Chinese phrasebook - Traditional
Numbers in Chinese phrasebook - Traditional
Chinese numbers are very regular. While Western numerals have become more common, the Chinese numerals shown below are still used, particularly in informal contexts like markets. The characters in parentheses are generally used in financial contexts, such as writing cheques and printing banknotes.
0 〇, 零�
líng
1 一 (壹)�
yī
2 二 (貳)�
èr
3 三 (叄)�
sān
4 四 (肆)�
sì
5 五 (伍)�
wǔ
6 六 (陸)�
liù
7 七 (柒)�
qī
8 八 (捌)�
bā
9 九 (玖)�
jiǔ
10 十 (拾)
shí
11 十一�
shí-yī
12 十二�
shí-èr
13 十三�
shí-sān
14 十四�
shí-sì
15 十五�
shí-wǔ
16 十六�
shí-liù
17 十七�
shí-qī
18 十八�
shí-bā
19 十九�
shí-jiǔ
20 二十�
èr-shí
21 二十一�
èr-shí-yī
22 二十二�
èr-shí-èr
23 二十三�
èr-shí-sān
30 三十�
sān-shí
40 四十�
sì-shí
50 五十�
wǔ-shí
60 六十�
liù-shí
70 七十�
qī-shí
80 八十�
bā-shí
90 九十�
jiǔ-shí
For numbers above 100, any "gaps" must be filled in with 〇 líng, as eg. 一百一 yībǎiyī would otherwise be taken as shorthand for "110". A single unit of tens may be written and pronounced either 一十 yīshí or just 十 shí.
100 一百 (壹佰)�
yī-bǎi
101 一百〇一�
yī-bǎi-líng-yī
110 一百一十�
yī-bǎi-yī-shí
111 一百一十一�
yī-bǎi-yī-shí-yī
200 二百�
èr-bǎi
300 三百�
sān-bǎi
500 五百�
wǔ-bǎi
1000 一千 (壹仟)
yī-qiān
2000 二千�
èr-qiān
Numbers starting from 10,000 are grouped by in units of four digits, starting with 萬 wàn (ten thousand). "One million" in Chinese is thus "hundred ten thousands" (一百萬).
10,000 一萬�
yī-wàn
10,001 一萬〇一�
yī-wàn-líng-yī
10,002 一萬〇二�
yī-wàn-líng-èr
20,000 二萬�
èr-wàn
50,000 五萬�
wǔ-wàn
100,000 十萬�
shí-wàn
200,0000 二十萬�
èr-shí-wàn
1,000,000 一百萬�
yī-bǎi-wàn
10,000,000 一千萬�
yī-qiān-wàn
100,000,000 一億�
yīyì
1,000,000,000,000 一兆�
yīzhào
number _____ (train, bus, etc.)�
number measure word (路 lù or 號 hào etc.) _____ (火車 huǒchē, 公共汽車 gōnggòng qìchē, etc. Measure words are used in combination with a number to indicate the count of mass nouns.
half�
半 bàn (...)
less�
少於 shǎoyū (...)
more�
多於 duōyū (...)
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