Learn Chinese numbers from 1 to 100 with pinyin, characters, and the famous one-hand counting gestures. Includes rules for larger numbers and counting in markets.
一 (yī, 1), 二 (èr, 2), 三 (sān, 3), 四 (sì, 4), 五 (wǔ, 5), 六 (liù, 6), 七 (qī, 7), 八 (bā, 8), 九 (jiǔ, 9), 十 (shí, 10). Chinese also has unique one-hand gestures for each number that are widely used in markets and everyday situations.
Chinese numbers follow a logical pattern: 11 = 十一 (shí yī, ten-one), 20 = 二十 (èr shí, two-ten), 21 = 二十一 (èr shí yī, two-ten-one). Once you learn 1-10, you can count to 99. 100 = 一百 (yī bǎi, one-hundred).
千 (qiān) = thousand, 万 (wàn) = 10,000 (the key unit in Chinese counting), 亿 (yì) = 100 million. Chinese groups numbers by 10,000s, not 1,000s. 10,000 = 一万 (yī wàn), 100,000 = 十万 (shí wàn).
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