11. [Numbers] Structure of numbers

Question 1

Phone

110

Answer 1

yāo yāo líng

Like in American English, Chinese phone numbers are given as a string of individual numbers, using the digits 0-9. The only trick is that the number 1 is often pronounced “yāo” instead of “yī” to avoid confusion with number 7, which is pronounced “qī.”

Question 2

Phone

120

Answer 2

yāo èr líng
Like in American English, Chinese phone numbers are given as a string of individual numbers, using the digits 0-9. The only trick is that the number 1 is often pronounced “yāo” instead of “yī” to avoid confusion with number 7, which is pronounced “qī.”

Question 3

Phone

119

Answer 3

yāo yāo jiǔ
Like in American English, Chinese phone numbers are given as a string of individual numbers, using the digits 0-9. The only trick is that the number 1 is often pronounced “yāo” instead of “yī” to avoid confusion with number 7, which is pronounced “qī.”

Question 4

Phone

135 0120 0120

Answer 4

yāo sān wǔ, líng yāo èr líng, líng yāo èr líng
Like in American English, Chinese phone numbers are given as a string of individual numbers, using the digits 0-9. The only trick is that the number 1 is often pronounced “yāo” instead of “yī” to avoid confusion with number 7, which is pronounced “qī.”

Question 5

1

Answer 5

yī

Question 6

2

Answer 6

èr

Question 7

3

Answer 7

sān

Question 8

5

Answer 8

wǔ

Question 9

6

Answer 9

liù

Question 10

7

Answer 10

qī

Question 11

8

Answer 11

bā

Question 12

9

Answer 12

jiǔ

Question 13

10

Answer 13

shí

Question 14

11

Answer 14

十一

shíyī

Question 15

12

Answer 15

十二

shí’èr

Question 16

13

Answer 16

十三

shísān

Question 17

14

Answer 17

十四

shísì

Question 18

15

Answer 18

十五

shíwǔ

Question 19

16

Answer 19

十六

shíliù

Question 20

17

Answer 20

十七

shíqī

Question 21

18

Answer 21

十八

shíbā

Question 22

19

Answer 22

十九

shíjiǔ

Question 23

20

Answer 23

二十

èrshí

Question 24

23

Answer 24

二十三

èrshí-sān

Question 25

30

Answer 25

三十

sānshí

Question 26

39

Answer 26

三十九

sānshí-jiǔ

Question 27

40

Answer 27

四十

sìshí

Question 28

44

Answer 28

四十四

sìshí-sì

Question 29

50

Answer 29

五十

wǔshí

Question 30

73

Answer 30

七十三

qīshí-sān

Question 31

82

Answer 31

八十二

bāshí-èr

Question 32

97

Answer 32

九十七

jiǔshí-qī

Question 33

101

Answer 33

一百零一
yībǎi líng yī

Note: when there’s a “0” in the middle of a number, you read it as 零 (líng), and don’t put a unit (like “ten” or “hundred”) after it. In the following examples, we’ll show what happens when the “tens” place is a zero in a three-digit number.

Question 34

202

Answer 34

二百零二

èrbǎi líng èr

Question 35

206

Answer 35

二百零六

èrbǎi líng liù

Question 36

305

Answer 36

三百零五

sānbǎi líng wǔ

Question 37

407

Answer 37

四百零七

sìbǎi líng qī

Question 38

504

Answer 38

五百零四

wǔbǎi líng sì

Question 39

602

Answer 39

六百零二

liùbǎi líng èr

Question 40

701

Answer 40

七百零一

qībǎi líng yī

Question 41

803

Answer 41

八百零三

bābǎi líng sān

Question 42

909

Answer 42

九百零九

jiǔbǎi líng jiǔ

Question 43

110

Answer 43

一百一十
yībǎi yīshí

For numbers greater than 100 that end in a number in the teens, it’s normal to pronounce the ten as “yīshí” rather than just “shí” (see the examples below).

Question 44

111

Answer 44

一百一十一

yībǎi yīshí-yī

Question 45

210

Answer 45

二百一十
èrbǎi yīshí
liang!!!??

Question 46

350

Answer 46

三百五十

sānbǎi wǔshí

Question 47

480

Answer 47

四百八十 sìbǎi bāshí