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MANDARIN / NUMBERS

Small pieces.Bigger numbers.

Learn the digits, tens, hundreds and one thousand. Choose a tile for pronunciation, worked examples and a short question.

0–9 · 10–90 · 100–900 · 1,000
CHINESE NUMBERS

Combine, don’t memorise

21: 二十 + 一 → 二十一
èr shí yī · two tens and one

105: 一百 + 零 + 五 → 一百零五
yī bǎi líng wǔ · 零 fills the missing tens place

110: 一百一十 · keep the 一 before 十 here.
1,000: 一千 · yī qiān

Say the syllables as one number. Pinyin here uses dictionary tones; 一 changes tone in natural speech. 二百 and 两百 can both mean 200.

Build any number up to 1,000.

21: 二十一 · èr shí yī — two tens and one.

105: 一百零五 · yī bǎi líng wǔ — 零 fills the missing tens place.

110: 一百一十 · yī bǎi yī shí — keep the 一 before 十 here.

1,000: 一千 · yī qiān — one thousand.

Pinyin uses dictionary tones. 一 can change tone in natural speech. 二百 and 两百 can both mean 200.