Numbers in Mandarin Chinese

How to count in Mandarin Chinese (普通话 / 國語 / 華語), a variety of Chinese spoken mainly in China and various other places.

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Cardinal Numerals Ordinal Numerals
0 〇 [零] (líng)
1 一 [壹] () 第一 (dìyī)
2 二 [貳] (èr / liǎng) 第二 (dìèr)
3 三 [叁] (sān) 第三 (dìsān)
4 四 [肆] () 第四 (dìsì)
5 五 [伍] () 第五 (dìwǔ)
6 六 [陸] (liù) 第六 (dìliù)
7 七 [柒] () 第七 (dìqī)
8 八 [捌] () 第八 (dìbā)
9 九 [玖] (jiǔ) 第九 (dìjiǔ)
10 十 [拾] (shí) 第十 (dìshí)
11 十一 [拾壹] (shíyī) 第十一 (dìshíyī)
12 十二 [拾貳] (shíèr) 第十二 (dìshí'èr)
13 十三 [拾叁] (shísān) 第十三 (dìshísān)
14 十四 [拾肆] (shísì) 第十四 (dìshísì)
15 十五 [拾伍] (shíwǔ) 第十五 (dìshíwǔ)
16 十六 [拾陸] (shíliù) 第十六 (dìshíliù)
17 十七 [拾柒] (shíqī) 第十七 (dìshíqī)
18 十八 [拾捌] (shíbā) 第十八 (dìshíbā)
19 十九 [拾玖] (shíjiǔ) 第十九 (dìshíjiǔ)
20 二十 [貳拾 [廿]] (èrshí [niàn]) 第二十 (dìèrshí)
21 二十一 [貳拾壹] (èrshíyī) 第二十一 (dìèrshíyī)
22 二十二 [貳拾貳] (èrshíèr) 第二十二 (dìèrshí'èr)
23 二十三 [貳拾叁] (èrshísān) 第二十三 (dìèrshísān)
24 二十四 [貳拾肆] (èrshísì) 第二十四 (dìèrshísì)
25 二十五 [貳拾伍] (èrshíwǔ) 第二十五 (dìèrshíwǔ)
26 二十六 [貳拾陸] (èrshíliù) 第二十六 (dìèrshíliù)
27 二十七 [貳拾柒] (èrshíqī) 第二十七 (dìèrshíqī)
28 二十八 [貳拾捌] (èrshíbā) 第二十八 (dìèrshíbā)
29 二十九 [貳拾玖] (èrshíjiǔ) 第二十九 (dìèrshíjiǔ)
30 三十 [叁拾 [卅]] (sānshí [sà]) 第三十 (dìsānshí)
31 三十一 [叁拾壹] (sānshíyī) 第三十一 (dìsānshíyī)
32 三十二 [叁拾貳] (sānshíèr) 第三十二 (dìsānshí'èr)
33 三十三 [叁拾叁] (sānshísān) 第三十三 (dìsānshísān)
34 三十四 [叁拾肆] (sānshísì) 第三十四 (dìsānshísì)
35 三十五 [叁拾伍] (sānshíwǔ) 第三十五 (dìsānshíwǔ)
36 三十六 [叁拾陸] (sānshíliù) 第三十六 (dìsānshíliù)
37 三十七 [叁拾柒] (sānshíqī) 第三十七 (dìsānshíqī)
38 三十八 [叁拾捌] (sānshíbā) 第三十八 (dìsānshíbā)
39 三十九 [叁拾玖] (sānshíjiǔ) 第三十九 (dìsānshíjiǔ)
40 四十 [肆拾 [卌]] (sìshí [xì]) 第四十 (dìsìshí)
50 五十 [伍拾] (wǔshí) 第五十 (dìwǔshí)
60 六十 [陸拾] (liùshí) 第六十 (dìliùshí)
70 七十 [柒拾] (qīshí) 第七十 (dìqīshí)
80 八十 [捌拾] (bāshí) 第八十 (dìbāshí)
90 九十 [玖拾] (jiǔshí) 第九十 (dìjiǔshí)
100 一百 [壹佰] (yībǎi) 第一百 (dìyībǎi)
1,000 一千 [壹仟] (yīqiān) 第一千 (dìyīqiān)
10,000 一万 [壹萬] (yīwàn) 第一万 (dìyī wàn)
1 million 一百万 [壹佰萬] (yībǎiwàn) 第一百万 (dìyībǎi wàn)
100 million 一亿 [壹億] (yīyì) 第一亿 (dìyī yì)
1 billion 十亿 [拾億] (shíyì) 第十亿 (dìshí yì)
1 trillion 一兆 [壹兆] (yīzhào) 第一兆 (dìyī zhào)

Mandarin recordings by Helen Zhang (张丹) and Peggy Lee (李家慧).

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