Lesson 21

 


 

       

 

Numbers ( 100 - 9.999 )

 

Now that you know

(a hundred)

(a thousand)

 

and you know how to count up from 1 to 99, you can count up to 9.999 using the same rule.

Look at the following numbers.

English

Chinese (phonetic)

Chinese (written)

     

100

Yi1bai3

一百

200

Er4bai3

二百

300

San1bai3

三百

400

Si4bai3

四百

500

Wu3bai3

五百

600

Liu4bai3

六百

700

Qi1bai3

七百

800

Ba1bai3

八百

900

Jiu3bai3

九百

101

Yi1bai3ling2yi1

一百零一

110

Yi1bai3yi1shi2

一百一十

119

Yi1bai3yi1shi2jiu3

一百一十九

130

Yi1bai3san1shi2

一百三十

204

Er4bai3ling2si4

二百零四

999

Jiu3bai3jiu3shi2jiu3

九百九十九

1.000

Yi1qian1

一千

1.007

Yi1qian1ling2qi1

一千零七

1.017

Yi1qian1ling2yi1shi2qi1

一千零一十七

1.117

Yi1qian1yi1bai3yi1shi2qi1

一千一百一十七

9.000

Jiu3qian1

九千

9.001

Jiu3qian1ling2yi1

九千零一

9.010

Jiu3qian1ling2yi1shi2

九千零一十

9.110

Jiu3qian1yi1bai3yi1shi2

九千一百一十

9.999

Jiu3qian1jiu3bai3jiu3shi2jiu3

九千九百九十九

 

Careful:

110: 一百一十 (yi1bai3yi1shi2)

119: 一百一十九 (yi1bai3 yi1shi2jiu3)

 

Vocabulary

English

Chinese (phonetic)

Chinese (written)

     
0

Ling2

1

Yi1

2

Er4

3

San1

4

Si4

5

Wu3

6

Liu4

7

Qi1

8

Ba1

9

Jiu3

10

Shi2

100

Yi1bai3

一百

1000

Yi1qian1

一千

 

Chinese character of the day

 

yang2 (Ocean).