Chinese numbers The base numbers from 0 to 10

The Chinese digital system is simple and straightforward. There are not as many Names Chinese Pinyin
names of numbers like in French (where we use different names from zero to
six and for the tens: twenty, thirty, forty...) 1 one

2 two
Simple and complex forms of numbers
In Chinese, each digit corresponds to two characters, one simple and the other complex.
3 three
complicated. The complicated form is used to avoid alteration or counterfeiting.
the written, for example on banknotes. 4 yes
Name Simple form Complicated form Pinyin
0 spirit 5 five

1 one 6 six

2 two 7 seven

3 three 8 father

9 nine
4 yes
10 ten
5 five
Zero
6 six
0 / bell
7 seven
The numbers from 11 to 99
8 bā
Names Chinese Pinyin Note
9 nine 11 eleven 10+1

10 ten 12 twelve 10 plus 2

20 * read 13 thirteen 10+3

30 * sà 19 nineteen 10+9

40 * xì 20 twenty 2x10

100 hundred 21 twenty-one 2x10+1

1,000 thousand 22 twenty-two 2 times 10 plus 2

used mainly for the calendar
30 thirty 3x10
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10 ten
90 ninety 9x10
100 hundred
99 ninety-nine 9x10+9
1,000 thousand
The numbers from 100 to 999
10,000 ten thousand
Names Chinese Pinyin
Beyond 10,000: using successive powers of 10,000
100 one hundred
hundred million easy
101 one hundred and one
trillion to shine
110 one hundred and one
is used when one or more powers of 10 are skipped
111 one hundred and eleven
100,002 twenty
120 one hundred and twenty
10 020 034 one thousand two hundred forty-three
200 two hundred
100 004 ten thousand four
999 nine hundred ninety-nine is nine
10 050 026 one thousand zero five ten six
1000 and beyond
10 050 026 one million two hundred and sixteen
Names Chinese Pinyin
The base multipliers
1,000 millennium

1 001 one thousand and one

bellzero twotwo hundredcent thousandthousand
1 010 one thousand zero

1 100 one thousand one hundred ten thousandten thousand

hopeone hundred thousand millionmillion ten millionten million

9,999 nineteen hundred ninety-nine

unityhundred million ten meaningbillion hundred millionten billion transformationone hundred billion
10,000 one ten thousand The operations

1,000,000 one million

penin relation to tablehalf bedouble restaurantwhole, totaldayday of the month
100,000,000 meaning

hometo addreducesubtractto becomemultiplier uncleto divide waitequals

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 Express numbers in Chinese Cardinal numbers
The number that precedes 10ten) multiplies it and the one that follows it is added: 30 thirty 110 ( ) one hundred one (ten)
54 = fivefourteen
54 = (5 x 10) + 4 40 forty 200 two hundred
Use of successive powers of 10:
50 fifty 300 three hundred
three hundred million forty-six thousand one hundred eighty-two =sānyes, that's right, there are eighty-two thousand.
300,046,182 = 3 x 100,000,000 + 4 x 10,000 + 6 x 1,000 + 1 x 100 + (8 x 10) + 2 60 sixty 400 si hundred
If a power of 10 is missing, we putbell(0) and we move on to the next power:
70 seventy 500 five hundred
three hundred thousand one hundred eighty-twoone hundred and eighty-two
300,000,182 = 3 x 100,000,000 + 0 + 1 x 100 + (8 x 10) + 2 80 eighty 600 Liubai
If several powers of 10 are missing, we only put one zero:
90 ninety 700 Qibai
10 082 =yítwenty-eight
10,082 = 1 x 10,000 + 0 + (8 x 10) + 2
99 ninety-nine 800 father
We do not put a zero at the end of a number:
30 =sānten 100 one hundred 900 nine hundred
30 = 3 x 10
101 one hundred and999
one nine hundred and ninety nine is nine hundred and ninety nine

Cardinal numbers (Simple form/Complex form) Cardinal numbers

0 / bell 10 / ten 20 twenty 1,000 one thousand 50,000 fifty thousand

1 / one 11 eleven 21 twenty-one 1,001 one thousand and one

60,000 sixty thousand

2 / two 12 twelve 22 twenty-two 1 100 one thousand one hundred

70,000 qīwàn

3 / three 13 thirteen 23 thirteen 9,000 nine thousand 80,000 butterfly

4 / yes 14 fourteen 24 twenty-four 10,000 one hundred thousand

90,000 ninety thousand

5 / five 15 fifteen 25 fifteen 10,001 yíwànlíngyī 100,000 wish

6 / six 16 sixteen 26 twenty-six 11,000 One Thousand Wishes

900,000 ninety-nine thousand

7 / seven 17 seventeen 27 twenty-seven 20,000 twenty-two 1 million one million

8 / father 18 twelve 28 twenty-eight 30,000 three thousand 100 million meaning

9 / nine 19 nineteen 29 nineteen 40,000 wish 1000 billion certificate

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 Counting with hands in Chinese Counting with hands in Chinese

one two sān: trois one two three

yes: four five six

yes: four five liù: six

seven eight nine

seven eight nine

ten
ten

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