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TSleetan33
post Nov 29 2014, 11:29 PM, updated 12y ago

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It is really easy to learn Chinese numbers. The list below shows you the numbers in Chinese you will encounter frequently. The pronunciation below is based on Hanyu Pinyin.

1 one (yi) 一
2 two (er) 二
3 three (san) 三
4 four (si) 四
5 five (wu) 五
6 six (liu) 六
7 seven (qi) 七
8 eight (ba) 八
9 nine (jiu) 九
10 ten (shi) 十
11 eleven (shi yi) 十一
12 twelve (shi er) 十二
13 thirteen (shi san) 十三
14 fourteen (shi si) 十四
15 fifteen (shi wu) 十五
16 sixteen (shi liu) 十六
17 seventeen (shi qi) 十七
18 eighteen (shi ba) 十八
19 nineteen (shi jiu) 十九
20 twenty (er shi) 二十
21 twenty one (er shi yi) 二十一
22 twenty two (er shi er) 二十二
23 twenty three (er shi san) 二十三
30 thirty (san shi) 三十
40 forty (si shi) 四十
50 fifty (wu shi) 五十
60 sixty (liu shi) 六十
70 seventy (qi shi) 七十
80 eighty (ba shi) 八十
90 ninety (jiu shi) 九十
100 one hundred (yi bai) 一百
200 two hundred (liang bai) 兩百
300 three hundred (san bai) 三百
1000 one thousand (yi qian) 一千
2000 two thousand (liang qian) 兩千
10,000 ten thousand (yi wan) 一萬
100,000 hundred thousand (shi wan) 十萬
1,000,000 one million (yi bai wan) 一百萬
10,000,000 ten million (yi qian wan) 一千萬
100,000,000 hundred million (yi yi) 一億 [Here, the pronunciation is Yi2 Yi4]
1,000,000,000 one thousand million, one billion (shi yi) 十億
1,000,000,000,000 one trillion (yi zhao) 一兆
10,000,000,000,000,000 ten thousand trillion (yi jing) 一京
100,000,000,000,000,000,000 one hundred million trillian (yi gai) 一垓
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 one trillion trillion (yi zi) 一秭

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post Nov 29 2014, 11:36 PM

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QUOTE(jovovick @ Nov 29 2014, 11:35 PM)
100,000,000 hundred million (yi yi) 一億
1,000,000,000 one thousand million, one billion (shi yi) 十億
1,000,000,000,000 one trillion (yi zhao) 一兆
10,000,000,000,000,000 ten thousand trillion (yi jing) 一京
100,000,000,000,000,000,000 one hundred million trillian (yi gai) 一垓
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 one trillion trillion (yi zi) 一秭

100,000,000 hundred million just called yi yiunsure.gif
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Different pronunciation. Yi2 Yi4
TSleetan33
post Nov 29 2014, 11:37 PM

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QUOTE(jovovick @ Nov 29 2014, 11:37 PM)
no need add wan?
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No need. Just two words. Yi2 Yi4.
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post Nov 29 2014, 11:39 PM

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QUOTE(hirano @ Nov 29 2014, 11:38 PM)
Come learn numbers in japanese

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Kanji-wise, it's the same. Pronunciation-wise, Chinese one is much shorter.
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QUOTE(tutuyao @ Nov 29 2014, 11:37 PM)
zhu!

NI SHI ZHU !!!
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post Nov 29 2014, 11:58 PM

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QUOTE(jovovick @ Nov 29 2014, 11:51 PM)
11 eleven (shi yi) 十一
1,000,000,000 one thousand million, one billion (shi yi) 十億

this one pronouncation same ar?
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11 eleven (shi yi) 十一 shi2 yi1
1,000,000,000 one thousand million, one billion (shi yi) 十億 shi2 yi4

different
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post Nov 30 2014, 12:06 AM

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QUOTE(Blofeld @ Nov 30 2014, 12:03 AM)
can provide the actual romanised layman spelling?

eg
1 (ee)
2 (er)
3 (san)
4 (seh)
5 (oo)
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that's a bit difficult for me. you ask questions lah, i try to answer. my romanised version is based on pinyin.

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post Nov 30 2014, 12:07 AM

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QUOTE(jovovick @ Nov 30 2014, 12:02 AM)
both the yi1 and yi4, the sound very similar

yi4 higher tone right?

i use google translate to listen
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yi1 is a flat tone (YI~) while yi4 is a strong tone (YI!).
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post Nov 30 2014, 12:13 AM

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QUOTE(nearlee @ Nov 30 2014, 12:07 AM)
nowadays in english
2,500 can say as twenty five hundred


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$1000 = one grand
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post Nov 30 2014, 09:44 AM

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QUOTE(joe_star @ Nov 30 2014, 09:43 AM)
So mandarin is officially Chinese now?
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Regardless of which Chinese dialect/language you're speaking, the character is still the same.
Personal question, can you read Chinese characters?

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