Chinese grammar - Numbers in Chinese

Numbers in Chinese

Chinese numbers are generally straightforward:

• Chinese has unique characters for the numbers 1 through 10.

• After 10, numbers are formed by combining the word for ten 十 (shí) with another digit.

• Larger numbers in Chinese follow a similar pattern:

— 百 (bǎi) means 'hundred'

— 千(qiān) means 'thousand'

— 万 (wàn) means 'ten thousand'

The word 零 (líng) is used for the number zero.

Examples:
	一 yī 1, one 一 (yī) means 'one'
	二 èr 2, two 二 (èr) means 'two'
	三 sān 3, three 三 (sān) means 'three'
	四 sì 4, four 四 (sì) means 'four'
	五 wǔ 5, five 五 (wǔ) means 'five'
	六 liù 6, six 六 (liù) means 'six'
	七 qī 7, seven 七 (qī) means 'seven'
	八 bā 8, eight 八 (bā) means 'eight'
	九 jiǔ 9, nine 九 (jiǔ) means 'nine'
	十 shí 10, ten 十 (shí) means 'ten'
	十一 shí yī 11, eleven 十 ('ten') plus 一 ('one) gives 十一 ('eleven')
	十二 shí èr 12, twelve
	十五 shí wǔ 15, fifteen
	二十 èr shí 20, twenty 二 ('two') times 十 ('ten') gives 二十 ('twenty')
	二十三 èr shí sān 23, twenty-three
	七十七 qī shí qī 77, seventy-seven
	一百 yì bǎi 100, one hundred 百 (bǎi) means 'hundred'
	一百二十三 yì bǎi èr shí sān 123, one hundred twenty-three
	二百五十 èr bǎi wǔ shí 250, two hundred fifty
	九百九十九 jiǔ bǎi jiǔ shí jiǔ 999, nine hundred ninety-nine
	一千 yì qiān 1,000, one thousand 千 (qiān) means 'thousand'
	三千二百一十一 sān qiān èr bǎi yī shí yī 3,211, three thousand two hundred eleven
	七千四百五十六 qī qiān sì bǎi wǔ shí liù 7,456, seven thousand four hundred fifty-six
	一万 yí wàn 10,000, ten thousand 万 (wàn) means 'ten thousand'
	一万二千三百四十五 yí wàn èr qiān sān bǎi sì shí wǔ 12,345, twelve thousand three hundred forty-five
	五万五千五百五十五 wǔ wàn wǔ qiān wǔ bǎi wǔ shí wǔ 55,555, fifty-five thousand five hundred fifty-five
	七万 qī wàn 70,000, seventy thousand
	九万九千九百九十九 jiǔ wàn jiǔ qiān jiǔ bǎi jiǔ shí jiǔ 99,999, ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine