Learn Chinese for Free - Lesson 2
Today's Chinese characters:
四五六
Today, three more numbers!
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Characters' Essentials
| - | Four |
| - | Five |
| - | Six |
Description and Examples
Applying the rules that we've seen yesterday, 14, 15, and 16 are written with 四, 五, and 六, respectively, after 十. 40, 50 and 60 are written with 四, 五, and 六, respectively, before 十.
十四 fourteen
十五 fifteen
十六 sixteen
四十 forty
五十 fifty
六十 sixty
Other examples:
五十一 fifty-one
四十六 forty-six
六十五 sixty-five
Exercise
Using Chinese characters, write, on paper, the following numbers:
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 14 | |
| 15 | |
| 16 | |
| 40 | |
| 50 | |
| 60 | |
| 41 | |
| 52 | |
| 63 | |
| 44 | |
| 55 | |
| 66 |
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Characters' Details
Chinese Character 5 of 1000
appearance score: # 226
frequency: 0.0955401%
| - | Four, 4 |
| - | (A note, equivalent to 6, of the scale in gongchepu, a traditional Chinese musical notation) |
| - | (A surname) |
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
Chinese Character 6 of 1000
appearance score: # 279
frequency: 0.0797482%
| - | Five, 5 |
| - | (A note, equivalent to 6, of the scale in gongchepu, a traditional Chinese musical notation) |
| - | (A surname) |
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
Chinese Character 7 of 1000
appearance score: # 478
frequency: 0.0443556%
| - | Six, 6 |
| - | (A note, equivalent to 5, of the scale in gongchepu, a traditional Chinese musical notation) |
| - | (Used in some place names) |
| - | (A surname) |
There's no difference between the simplified and the traditional version of this character.
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