Chinese Vocabulary: Numbers in Chinese

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Vocabulary List

English Chinese Pronunciation
one
two
èr
three
sān
four
five
six
liù
seven
eight
nine
jiǔ
ten
shí
eleven
十一
shí yī
twelve
十二
shí èr
thirteen
十三
shí sān
fourteen
十四
shí sì
fifteen
十五
shíwǔ
sixteen
十六
shí liù
seventeen
十七
shí qī
eighteen
十八
shí bā
nineteen
十九
shí jiǔ
twenty
二十
èr shí

Wizard’s Wisdom: Counting in Chinese

In Chinese, the word order for numbers is reversed compared to English. Instead of saying ‘twenty-three,’ you would say ‘three ten two.’ For example, 23 is 二十三 (èr shí sān) which translates to ‘two ten three.’ Remember this order when counting in Chinese!

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