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In this lesson, we will learn how to say numbers in Mandarin. Audio lesson available in our website. Have fun learning!

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Mandarin For Fun Level 1 Lesson 4

In this lesson, we will learn how to say numbers in Mandarin. Audio lesson available in our website. Have fun learning!

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Level 1: Lesson 4 Numbers


In this lesson, we are going to learn how to read and write numbers in Mandarin. In Mandarin, we
can write numbers in either Arabic Numbers (1, 2, 3 ) which is , or in Mandarin Numbers
( ) which is . No matter which one we write, they both pronounce in the same
way.
First, we are going to learn 0 to 9, 10, 100, 1,000 and 10,000. After that, we will be able to say
numbers until 99,999 in Mandarin. Pretty cool right? Lets start with the basic numbers.

Part 1: Basic numbers (0, 1, 2, , 9, 10, 100, 1000, 10000)

lng

sn

Zero

One

Two

Three

Four

li

ji

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

sh

bi

qin

wn

Ten

Hundred

Thousand

Ten thousand

In Mandarin, we can write both Chinese numbers and Arabic numbers (1, 2, 3 ) with same
pronunciation. For example, zero we can write or 0, but both pronounce as lng.

Part 2: Numbers from 11 to 19

Eleven = Ten + One

Twelve = Ten + Two

Thirteen = Ten + Three

Same goes to numbers from 14 until 19. It is and .

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Level 1: Lesson 4 Numbers


Part 3: Numbers from 20 to 99

Twenty = Two Ten + zero (whenever zero is at behind, we will ignore it.)

Two() + Ten() + zero(ignore) =

Twenty one = Two Ten + one, become

Two() + Ten() + One() =


Again, same goes to 22 until 29, that is
and .

Thirty = Three Ten and zero (ignore), and become

Three() + Ten() + zero(ignore) =

Forty = Four Ten and zero (ignore) and it become

Four() + Ten() + zero(ignore) =


So, can you guess what is 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90? Answer is and .
** Exception: Ten(10), we will not say one ten , just ten .

Sixty seven = Six Ten + Seven

Six() + Ten() + Seven() =


Same rules applied to numbers from 20 until 99.
Exercise: Please write down the following numbers in Mandarin.
38 = ______________

52 = ______________

99 = ______________

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74 = ______________

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Level 1: Lesson 4 Numbers


Part 4: Numbers from 100 to 99,999

Hundred = One hundred and all zero in behind we ignore

One() + hundred() =

One hundred and one = One hundred + zero Ten + One,


** zero in middle we cannot ignore, so must put

One() + hundred() + zero() + one()


=

One hundred and eleven = One Hundred + One Ten + One

One() + Hundred ()
+ One () + Ten()
+ One ()
=

One hundred and twenty one is

One() + hundred() + two() + ten() +


one() =
Or One hundred() + twenty one()
Can you see the formations pattern now?
1. It is how many hundred + how many ten + how many one (0-9).
2. And if after zero didnt have number(s), then we will ignore it.
3. But if zero is in the middle, we must say .
The rules are apply to all numbers from 20 until 99,999.

This free PDF is to be learn along with free learning audio available at MandarinForFun.com. You can
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Level 1: Lesson 4 Numbers

One Thousand Two Hundred Thirty Four


= One Thousand + Two Hundred + Three Ten + Four, so it become

Twelve Thousand Three Hundred Forty Five


= One Ten Thousand + Two Thousand + Three Hundred + Four Ten + Five, so it become


That is, you now know how to say numbers in Mandarin up to 99999.
This is the most common way of saying numbers in Mandarin, there is other way and some special
case which we will use other type of words. But for this moment, this will be enough for most of
the cases.

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