Monday, August 6, 2012

NUMBERS in MANDARIN


The number beside the mandarin word represents the tone. Therefore yi1 is actually

yi1 one, 1

er4 two, 2

san1 three, 3

si4 four, 4

wu3 five, 5

liu4 six, 6

qi1 seven, 7

ba1 eight, 8

jiu3 nine, 9

shi2 ten, 10


十一 shi2 yi1 eleven, 11


十二 shi2 er4 twelve, 12


十三 shi2 san1 thirteen, 13

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二十 er4 shi2 twenty, 20

bai3 hundred, 100

二百 er4 bai3 two hundred, 200

三百 san1 bai3 three hundred, 300

五百 wu3 bai3 five hundred, 500

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