Counting to 100 and Beyond in Chinese
Counting to 100 and beyond in Chinese is pretty straightforward, there are, however, rules that must be followed, particularly with the higher numbers like the ones we cover in today’s lesson! Let's get started with the numbers from 1 to 35 before moving on to much larger numbers!
Let's get started on this free lesson of counting to 100 and beyond in Chinese!
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Counting to 100 and beyond in Chinese
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零
zero
一
one
二
two
三
three
四
four
五
five
六
six
七
seven
八
eight
九
nine
十
ten
十一
eleven
十二
twelve
十三
thirteen
十四
fourteen
十五
fifteen
十六
sixteen
十七
seventeen
十八
eighteen
十九
nineteen
二十
twenty
二十一
Twenty one
二十二
Twenty two
二十三
Twenty three
二十四
Twenty four
二十五
Twenty five
二十六
Twenty six
二十七
Twenty seven
二十八
Twenty eight
二十九
Twenty nine
三十
thirty
三十一
Thirty one
三十二
Thirty two
三十三
Thirty three
三十四
Thirty four
三十五
Thirty five
And now for some numbers between 36 and 100:
三十六
36
三十七
37
三十八
38
三十九
39
四十
40
四十一
41
五十
50
六十
60
七十
70
八十
80
九十
90
一百
100
一百零一
101
一百零二
102
Once you master the basic pattern, you can construct any number.
五十四
54 = 50+4
四十三
43 = 40+3
九十八
98 = 90+8
七十七
77 = 70+7
八十六
86= 80+6
六十二
62 = 60+2
四十九
49= 40+9
When talking about numbers between 100 and 999 always start with the first digit + a hundred and then read the last two digits. Here are the numbers from 103 to 1,000,000
一百零三
103
一百零四
104
一百一十
110
一百五十
150
二百
200
五百五十
550
七百
700
九百
900
一千
1000
一千一百
1100
两千
2000
三千
3000
五千
5000
一万
10,000
五十万
500,000
一百万
1,000,000
两百万
2,000,000
一亿
100,000,000
一百三十五
135 = 100 + 35
二百四十七
247 = 200+47
三百七十九
379 = 300+79
It’s the same with numbers above 1000. Say all the digits starting from the left apart from the last two. Say the last two starting from the right.
两千八百六十九
2869 = 2000+800+69
七千六百二十三
7623 = 7000+600+23
五千零四十一
5041 = 5000+41
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