Chinese Numbers - Cardinal and Ordinal
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Chinese Numbers - Cardinal and Ordinal
This page contains a table including the following: Chinese Numbers both cardinal and ordinal. Try to memorize the way they're used because they're very important in communication, and might be very helpful to convey your most important expressions. Make sure to check our Learn Chinese page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.
Chinese Cardinal Numbers
Cardinal numbers in Chinese as well as in English are digits like 1, 2, 3, 4 … There are two ways of writing the numbers in Chinese, in Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3) or in Chinese script (一, 二, 三). The table below contains more information about the chinese numbers.
| English | Chinese Numbers | Mandarin Script |
|---|---|---|
| 0 Zero | leeyng | 0 零 |
| 1 One | ee | 1 一 |
| 2 Two | aar | 2 二 |
| 3 Three | san | 3 三 |
| 4 Four | si | 4 四 |
| 5 Five | wo | 5 五 |
| 6 Six | leeyo | 6 六 |
| 7 Seven | Chee | 7 七 |
| 8 Eight | ba | 8 八 |
| 9 Nine | jeeyo | 9 九 |
| 10 Ten | shi | 10 十 |
| 11 Eleven | shi’ee | 11 十一 |
| 12 Twelve | shee’er | 12 十二 |
| 13 Thirteen | sheesan | 13 十三 |
| 14 Fourteen | sheesi | 14 十四 |
| 15 Fifteen | sheeywo | 15 十五 |
| 16 Sixteen | sheeleeyo | 16 十六 |
| 17 Seventeen | sheeChee | 17 十七 |
| 18 Eighteen | sheeba | 18 十八 |
| 19 Nineteen | sheejeeyo | 19 十九 |
| 20 Twenty | ershi | 20 二十 |
| 30 Thirty | sanshi | 30 三十 |
| 40 Forty | sishi | 40 四十 |
| 50 Fifty | woshi | 50 五十 |
| 60 Sixty | leeyoshi | 60 六十 |
| 70 Seventy | Cheeshi | 70 七十 |
| 80 Eighty | baashi | 80 八十 |
| 90 Ninety | jeeyoshi | 90 九十 |
| 100 Hundred | eeybay | 100 一百 |
| 1,000 Thousand | eeyCheeyan | 1,000 一千 |
| 10,000 Ten Thousand | yeewan | 10,000 一万 |
| 100,000 Hundred Thousand | shiwan | 100,000 十万 |
| 1,000,000 Million | eeybaywan | 1,000,000 一百万 |
| Plus | jeeya | 加 |
| Minus | jeeyen | 减 |
| More (than) | dwoyu | 多于 |
| Less (than) | shawyo | 少于 |
| Approximately | daagey | 大概 |
| First | dee yee | 第一 |
| Second | dee’er | 第二 |
| Third | deesan | 第三 |
Chinese Ordinal Numbers
Ordinal numbers in Chinese as well as in English are used to determine a position or a rank, for example: first, second, third ... please look at the table above.
I hope the content of this page was useful to you, and that you learned some Chinese numbers, including the cardinal, and ordinal numbers. Try to memorize them to be able to use them in your daily conversation. Make sure to check our Learn Chinese page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.