Chinese Numbers Explained
Welcome to the Ultimate Guide to numbers and their many uses
in Mandarin Chinese!
Mastering Numbers & Counting in Mandarin Chinese
More people speak Mandarin Chinese than any other language in the world. If you want to travel to China or do business in China or with Chinese companies, of course you would benefit from learning Chinese, but even if you're not going to a Chinese-speaking country there are many reasons to learn the language. Many countries have large Chinese communities, including many places in the U.S. There are more reasons than ever to learn Chinese, and of course more reasons than I can count to learn numbers in Chinese!
Chinese numbers,
,
are very logical, but there are some little quirks that can trip up the beginner. The tutorials on this site will walk you through the numbers starting from the basics up to numbers in the trillions, and also introduce lots of useful ways to use them, including expressing the time and date, age, money, and some mathematical concepts too, like fractions and percentages.
In Chinese numbers are typically written using the Arabic numerals 0-9, as is common worldwide, but there is also a written or spelled-out form using characters. It is important to learn these characters as you will often find numbers or words including numbers written this way. It is also helpful to learn to read numbers in 汉字 because this will help you understand how Chinese numbers are constructed, which is similar to English but there are some important differences.
These tutorials are meant to be viewed in order, but you can view them in any sequence you like. If you're new to Chinese numbers of course you should start with #1 and go through at least to #6 in order. If you're really new to Chinese, please check out the first two links on the Resources page to learn pronunciation and how to say the basic numbers.
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