Numbers (English - Mandarin)

Question 1

1

Answer 1

一

1. yī (for a series of numbers, addresses, or dates)
2. yì (before 1st-3rd tone Chinese characters)
3. yí (before 4th tone Chinese characters)

Question 2

2

Answer 2

二
èr (ordinal: 2nd; used for months; used for numbers less than 1,000)

liǎng (classifier: two)

Question 3

3

Answer 3

三

sān

Question 4

4

Answer 4

四

sì

Question 5

5

Answer 5

五

wǔ

Question 6

6

Answer 6

六

liù

Question 7

7

Answer 7

七

qī

Question 8

8

Answer 8

八

bā

Question 9

9

Answer 9

九

jiǔ

Question 10

10

Answer 10

十

shí

Question 11

zero, nought

Answer 11

零

líng

Question 12

half/a half

Answer 12

半

bàn

Question 13

hundred

Answer 13

百

bǎi

Question 14

thousand

Answer 14

千

qiān

Question 15

ten thousand (10,000)

Answer 15

万

wàn

Question 16

one hundred thousand (100,000)

Answer 16

十 万

shí-wàn

Question 17

one million (1,000,000)

Answer 17

百 万

bǎi-wàn

Question 18

ten million (10,000,000)

Answer 18

千 万

qiān-wàn

Question 19

hundred million (100,000,000)

Answer 19

1. 万 万
   wàn-wàn
2. 亿
   yì

Question 20

fraction

Answer 20

(denominator) 分之 (numerator)
(denominator) -fēn-zhī-(numerator)

• Examples*
  1. 二分之一 (èr-fēn-zhī-yī ) = 1/2
  2. 一又八分之七 (yī-yòu-bā-fēn-zhī-qī) = 1 & 7/8

Question 21

decimal

Answer 21

点
diǎn

Example
- 三点五 (sān-diǎn-wǔ) = 3.5

Question 22

%

Answer 22

百分之 (number)
bǎi-fēn-zhī (number)

• Examples*
  1. 百分之十二 (bǎi-fēn-zhī-shí-èr) = 12%
  2. 百分之三点三 (bǎi-fēn-zhī-sān-diǎn-sān) = 3.3%