Numbers
0
ling
1
yi
2
èr
3
san
4
sì
5
wu
6
lìu
7
qi
8
ba
9
jiu
10
shi
11
shi-yi
12
shi-èr
13
shi-san
14
shi-sì
15
shi-wu
16
shi-lìu
17
shi-qi
18
shi-ba
19
shi-jiu
20
èr-shi
21
èr-shi-yi
22
èr-shi-èr
23
èr-shi-san
30
san-shi
40
sì-shi
50
wu-shi
60
lìu-shi
70
qi-shi
80
ba-shi
90
jiu-shi
For numbers above 100, any "gaps" must be filled in with ling, as eg. yibaiyi would otherwise be taken as shorthand for "110". A single unit of tens may be written and pronounced either yishi or just shi.
100
yi-bai
101
yi-bai-ling-yi
110
yi-bai-yi-shi
111
yi-bai-yi-shi-yi
200
èr-bai
300
san-bai
500
wu-bai
1000
yi-qian
2000
èr-qian
Numbers above 10,000 are grouped by in units of four digits, starting with wàn (ten thousand). "One million" in Chinese is thus "hundred tenthousands".
10,000
yi-wàn
10,001
yi-wàn-ling-yi
10,002
yi-wàn-ling-èr
20,000
èr-wàn
50,000
wu-wàn
100,000
shi-wàn
200,0000
èr-shi-wàn
1,000,000
yi-bai-wàn
10,000,000
yi-qian-wàn
100,000,000
yi1yi4
half
bàn
less
shaoyu
more
duoyu
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