Learn Chinese for Free—Lesson 6

Lesson 6 of 360

Today's Chinese characters:

百千万亿

The other Chinese characters contained in this lesson have already been studied previously. You can just click on them and go back to the corresponding lesson.

Today we go on with numbers. You are going to learn all the numbers bigger than 99 that don't have zeros before other digits.

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Characters' Essentials

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bǎi
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Hundred
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qiān
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Thousand
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wàn
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Ten thousand
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亿
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Hundred million

Description and Examples

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   bǎi   
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100
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   bǎi      shí   
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110
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   bǎi      shí      
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111
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   bǎi      shí   èr   
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112
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   bǎi      shí   sān   
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113
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   bǎi      shí      
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114
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   bǎi      shí      
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115
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   bǎi      shí   liù   
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116
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   bǎi      shí      
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117
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   bǎi      shí      
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118
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   bǎi      shí   jiǔ   
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119
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   bǎi   èr   shí   
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120
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   bǎi   sān   shí   
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130
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   bǎi      shí   
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140
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   bǎi      shí   
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150
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   bǎi   liù   shí   
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160
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   bǎi      shí   
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170
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   bǎi      shí   
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180
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   bǎi   jiǔ   shí   
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190
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èr   bǎi   
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200
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sān   bǎi   
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300
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   bǎi   
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400
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   bǎi   
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500
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liù   bǎi   
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600
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   bǎi   
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700
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   bǎi   
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800
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jiǔ   bǎi   
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900
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   qiān   
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1000
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èr   qiān   
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2000
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sān   qiān   
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3000
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   qiān   
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4000
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   qiān   
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5000
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liù   qiān   
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6000
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   qiān   
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7000
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   qiān   
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8000
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jiǔ   qiān   
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9000
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   wàn   
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1 0000
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   wàn      qiān   
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1 1000
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   wàn   èr   qiān   
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1 2000
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èr   wàn   
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2 0000
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sān   wàn   
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3 0000
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   wàn   
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4 0000
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   wàn   
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5 0000
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liù   wàn   
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6 0000
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   wàn   
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7 0000
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   wàn   
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8 0000
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jiǔ   wàn   
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9 0000
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shí   wàn   
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10 0000
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èr   shí   wàn   
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20 0000
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sān   shí   wàn   
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30 0000
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   shí   wàn   
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40 0000
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   shí   wàn   
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50 0000
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liù   shí   wàn   
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60 0000
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   shí   wàn   
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70 0000
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   shí   wàn   
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80 0000
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jiǔ   shí   wàn   
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90 0000
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   bǎi   wàn   
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100 0000
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èr   bǎi   wàn   
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200 0000
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sān   bǎi   wàn   
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300 0000
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   bǎi   wàn   
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400 0000
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   bǎi   wàn   
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500 0000
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liù   bǎi   wàn   
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600 0000
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   bǎi   wàn   
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700 0000
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   bǎi   wàn   
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800 0000
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jiǔ   bǎi   wàn   
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900 0000
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   qiān   wàn   
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1000 0000
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èr   qiān   wàn   
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2000 0000
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sān   qiān   wàn   
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3000 0000
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   qiān   wàn   
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4000 0000
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   qiān   wàn   
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5000 0000
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liù   qiān   wàn   
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6000 0000
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   qiān   wàn   
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7000 0000
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   qiān   wàn   
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8000 0000
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jiǔ   qiān   wàn   
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9000 0000
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亿
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1 0000 0000
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亿
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èr      
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2 0000 0000
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亿
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sān      
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3 0000 0000
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亿
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4 0000 0000
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亿
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5 0000 0000
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亿
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liù      
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6 0000 0000
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亿
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7 0000 0000
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亿
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8 0000 0000
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亿
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jiǔ      
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9 0000 0000
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亿
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shí      
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10 0000 0000
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亿
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   bǎi      
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100 0000 0000
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亿
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   qiān      
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1000 0000 0000
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亿
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   wàn      
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1 0000 0000 0000
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亿亿
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1 0000 0000 0000 0000


Numbers Key Points

The method that I personally use to figure in my mind numbers in Chinese is to associate the five number-key characters to the 1, 2, 3, 4, and 8 zeros numbers, that are tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, and hundreds of millions.

1 zero numbers

The key Chinese character for 1 zero numbers is .

The Chinese character after it indicates units, the one before it indicates tens.

Only remember that numbers from 10 to 19 don't have before , and that "zero" is never written or read when at the end of a number (as in 10, 20, 30 or 100, 2000, 30000).

Examples

fifteen

fifty-five

ninety

2 zeros numbers

Key Chinese character is .

After it we would put numbers from 1 to 99, as explained under the preceding subtitle (in this case, numbers from 10 to 19 do have before ).

The Chinese character before indicates hundreds ( must be written to indicate one hundred).

Examples

one hundred

one hundred and ten

three-hundred

three-hundred and thirty

three-hundred and thirty-three

I've not mentioned numbers from 101 to 109 because you still don't know how to say and write "zero". Tomorrow you'll study the character for "zero", even if it's not among the 1000 most used Chinese characters.

3 zeros numbers

Key Chinese character: .

The Chinese character before it indicates thousands. After it, numbers from 1 to 999 as said above.

Examples

one thousand

nine-thousand nine-hundred ninety-nine

4 zeros numbers

Chinese language has a single key character for four zeros numbers: .

The Chinese character before it indicates tens of thousands. It's followed by numbers from 1 to 9999 written as usual.

Examples

ten-thousand

twelve-thousand

forty-four thousand four-hundred forty-four

8 zeros numbers

Chinese language has also a single key character for eight zeros numbers: 亿.

The Chinese character before it indicates hundreds of millions, after it we'd write numbers from 1 to 99,999,999.

Examples

亿 one-hundred million

亿 five-hundred and fifty million


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