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<\/p>\nThe Chinese counting system is fairly logical, and while it does have some special parts, once you learn it, you will know how to count in Chinese.<\/p>\n
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Notes:<\/strong> From 11-19, they’re formed with \u5341(sh\u00ed, ten) followed by a digit: 11in Chinese read as ” sh\u00edy\u012b “. 12 is ” sh\u00ed’\u00e8r “, and so on.<\/p>\n For multiples of ten, the multiplier precedes \u5341 (sh\u00ed,\u201cten\u201d). 20 then is \u4e8c\u5341 (\u00e8rsh\u00ed, that is 2×10); 30 is \u4e09\u5341 (s\u0101nsh\u00ed, that is 3×10)and so on. In compound numbers, units are added to the tens, so 12 is \u5341\u4e8c (sh\u00ed’\u00e9r, that is 10+2); 16 is \u5341\u516d (sh\u00edli\u00f9, , that is 10+6), 89 is\u516b\u5341\u4e5d(b\u0101sh\u00edji\u01d4, that is 80+9)etc.<\/p>\n And 100 is simply \u4e00\u767e(y\u00ec b\u01cei).<\/p>\n Note:<\/strong> A zero is pronounced or written when sandwiched by two digits: 608 is Li\u00f9b\u01cei l\u00edng b\u0101.<\/p>\n Notes:<\/strong> 6080 is Li\u00f9qi\u0101n l\u00edng b\u0101sh\u00ed. Notice the last zero in 6080 is not pronounced because it is not between two other digits.<\/p>\n If there are two or more zeroes in succession between two non-zero digits, as in 1006, only one is pronounced: Y\u00ec qi\u0101n l\u00edng li\u00f9. However, if the two or more zeroes are separate and also sandwiched, as in 60,802, each is read as normal: Li\u00f9 w\u00e0n l\u00edng b\u0101b\u01cei l\u00edng \u00e8r.<\/p>\n Sometimes a variant of \u201c2\u201d is used in the hundred-million, ten-thousand, thousand, or hundreds place: \u4e24(li\u01ceng).for example:200\uff08\u4e24\u767e, li\u01ceng b\u01cei\uff09\u30012000\uff08\u4e24\u5343, li\u01ceng qi\u0101n\uff09\u300120000\uff08\u4e24\u4e07, li\u01ceng w\u00e0n\uff09\u30012000000\uff08\u4e24\u767e\u4e07, li\u01ceng b\u01cei w\u00e0n\uff09etc. It is never used in the tens place. Sometimes when used as an amount it can also replace two alone.<\/p>\n Mandarin\/Chinese number has two units that English doesn’t have: 16,000 in English reads “sixteen thousand”, Split it the Chinese way, “1,6000,” and the Chinese reading “\u4e00\u4e07\u516d\u5343” (y\u00ed w\u00e0n li\u00f9qi\u0101n).<\/p>\n More examples: <\/strong><\/p>\n 8,361,269<\/strong> 139,760,000 <\/strong> More Practice:<\/strong> Try to read them out by yourself:<\/p>\n 56 (the number of China\u2019s ethnic groups) The Chinese counting system is fairly logical, and while it does have some special parts, once you learn it, you will know how to count in Chinese.<\/p>\n Mandarin\/Chinese number has two units that English doesn\u2019t have: 16,000 in English reads \u201csixteen thousand\u201d, Split it the Chinese way, \u201c1,6000,\u201d and the Chinese reading \u201c\u4e00\u4e07\u516d\u5343\u201d (y\u00ed w\u00e0n li\u00f9qi\u0101n).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touchchinese.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}From 101 – 1000<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nAfter 1000<\/h2>\n
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\n\u4e07(w\u00e0n,ten thousand) and\u4ebf (y\u00ec, hundred million). For example:<\/p>\n
\n(8 in the place means 8 million, namely \u516b\u767e\u4e07; 3 means 3 hundred thousand, namely \u4e09\u5341\u4e07; 6 means \u516d\u4e07; 1 means 1\u5343; 2 means \u4e8c\u767e; 6 namely\u516d\u5341; 9 namely\u4e5d.) So it read as: \u516b\uff08b\u0101\uff09\u767e(b\u01cei)\u4e09\uff08s\u0101n\uff09\u5341\uff08sh\u00ed\uff09\u516d\uff08li\u00f9\uff09\u4e07\uff08w\u00e0n\uff09\u4e00\uff08y\u00ec\uff09\u5343\uff08qi\u0101n\uff09\u4e8c\uff08\u00e8r\uff09\u767e\uff08b\u01cei\uff09\u516d\uff08li\u00f9\uff09\u5341\uff08sh\u00ed\uff09\u4e5d\uff08ji\u01d4\uff09.<\/p>\n
\nAt first sight of the number, you have got to know 9 in the place means 9 million, namely \u4e5d\u767e\u4e07, because the place in a number is ten times greater than the value of the place to the number\u2019s right. So the 3 in the place means 10 million, namely 3 \u5343\u4e07. And the 1 in the place means 1 hundred million, that is 1\u4ebf. Now read out each number\u2019s value in each place from left to right. It\u2019s \u4e00\u4ebf\u4e09\u5343\u4e5d\u767e\u4e03\u5341\u516d\u4e07(y\u00ed y\u00ec s\u0101nqi\u0101n ji\u01d4b\u01cei q\u012bsh\u00edli\u00f9 w\u00e0n).<\/p>\n
\nNormally we do not say large numbers very often, but the numbers below are related to China, which you may want to know.<\/p>\n
\n1,354,040,000 (the number of China\u2019s population in 2013)
\n9,600,000 (The land area of China is about 9.6 millionsquare kilometres)
\n5000 (China has a long history with a recorded process of 5,000 years)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\n\u4e07(w\u00e0n,ten thousand) and\u4ebf (y\u00ec, hundred million). For example:<\/p>\n