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Mandarin Language Level 1
Unit 3: Numbers
Lam Kai Chee
Centre for Language Studies
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
This OpenCourseWare@UNIMAS and its related course materials are licensed under
a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
In this session, you will be
• introduced to numbers in Mandarin
• exposed to the formation of Chinese numbers
Session objectives
• The first three of them are
Numbers in Mandarin
yī / 1 èr / 2 sān /3
• While four, five, six are written as
sì /4 wŭ / 5
六
liù / 6
• Continuing from seven to ten:
qī / 7
bā / 8
九九
jiŭ / 9
shí / 10
• The characters for numbers in Chinese are
simple
• Is there any other number we left out?
六 九九
• Traditionally zero was written as
• Nowadays it is more common to see it as
• Good news: both are pronounced
líng
〇
Formation of Chinese Numbers
十 number “..teen”
十 一 eleven
十 二 twelve
十 三 thirteen
十 四 fourteen
十 五 fifteen
Number 十 “..ty”
二 十 twenty
三 十 thirty
四 十 fourty
五 十 fifty
六 十 sixty
• Numbers in between?
二十三
23
三十二
32
三十二
32
五十一
51
九十九
99
七十六
76
八十八
88
八十八
88
六十四
64
• Try recalling how to write “one”, “two”,
“three” in Chinese?
• Try saying out the answer in Mandarin when
you total up all the four figures in your year of
birth.
Shìshi kàn: now you try

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Ocw numbers final

  • 1. Mandarin Language Level 1 Unit 3: Numbers Lam Kai Chee Centre for Language Studies Universiti Malaysia Sarawak This OpenCourseWare@UNIMAS and its related course materials are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
  • 2. In this session, you will be • introduced to numbers in Mandarin • exposed to the formation of Chinese numbers Session objectives
  • 3. • The first three of them are Numbers in Mandarin yī / 1 èr / 2 sān /3
  • 4. • While four, five, six are written as sì /4 wŭ / 5 六 liù / 6
  • 5. • Continuing from seven to ten: qī / 7 bā / 8 九九 jiŭ / 9 shí / 10
  • 6. • The characters for numbers in Chinese are simple • Is there any other number we left out? 六 九九
  • 7. • Traditionally zero was written as • Nowadays it is more common to see it as • Good news: both are pronounced líng 〇
  • 8. Formation of Chinese Numbers 十 number “..teen” 十 一 eleven 十 二 twelve 十 三 thirteen 十 四 fourteen 十 五 fifteen
  • 9. Number 十 “..ty” 二 十 twenty 三 十 thirty 四 十 fourty 五 十 fifty 六 十 sixty
  • 10. • Numbers in between? 二十三 23 三十二 32 三十二 32 五十一 51 九十九 99 七十六 76 八十八 88 八十八 88 六十四 64
  • 11. • Try recalling how to write “one”, “two”, “three” in Chinese? • Try saying out the answer in Mandarin when you total up all the four figures in your year of birth. Shìshi kàn: now you try