Lesson3: Number

0 = 零 (ling | ㄌㄧㄥˊ)

1 = 一 (yi | 一)

2 = 二 (er | ㄦˋ) OR 兩 (liang | ㄌㄧㄤˇ)

3 = 三 (san | ㄙㄢ)

4 = 四 (si | ㄙˋ)

5 = 五 (wu | ㄨˇ)

6 = 六 (liu | ㄌㄧㄨˋ)

7 = 七 (qi | ㄑㄧ)

8 = 八 (ba | ㄅㄚ)

9 = 九 (jiu | ㄐㄧㄡˇ)

10 = 十 (shi | ㄕˊ)

Note. 2 = 兩 (liang | ㄌㄧㄤˇ) is used in classification. For example: two books, two pens, two years, etc.

*The rest is simply combination of the number above.

11 = 十一 (shi yi | ㄕˊ 一)

12 = 十二 (shi er | ㄕˊ ㄦˋ)

Note. 11 is 10 = 十 (shi | ㄕˊ) and 1 = 一 (yi | 一), it becomes 11 = 十一 (shi yi | ㄕˊ 一).

hundreds = 百 (bai | ㄅㄞˇ) 100 = 一百 (yi bai | 一 ㄅㄞˇ)

thousands = 千 (qian | ㄑㄧㄢ) 1,000 = 一千 (yi qian | 一 ㄑㄧㄢ)

ten thousands = 萬 (wan | ㄨㄢˋ) 10,000 = 一萬 (yi wan | 一 ㄨㄢˋ)

hundred million = 億 (yi | 一ˋ) 100,000,000 = 一億 (yi yi | 一 一ˋ)

*You may wonder how to say 100,000 , 1,000,000 , and 10,000,000. Note that the separator for number more than 10,000 is ten thousands = 萬 (wan | ㄨㄢˋ). So that:

100,000 = 十萬 (shi wan | ㄕˊ ㄨㄢˋ)

1,000,000 = 一百萬 (yibai wan | 一 ㄅㄞˇ ㄨㄢˋ)

10,000,000 = 一千萬 (yiqian wan | 一 ㄑㄧㄢ ㄨㄢˋ)

Whatever is the number in front the last 4 digits will be followed by ten thousand = 萬 (wan | ㄨㄢˋ)