{"id":512,"date":"2021-02-02T15:17:07","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T07:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/?p=512"},"modified":"2021-02-02T15:19:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T07:19:07","slug":"chinese-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Beginner\u2019s Guide to Chinese Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69fe9a2f65107\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 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Numbers<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/#Chinese_Numbers_from_1_to_10\" >Chinese Numbers from 1 to 10<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/#1_to_10_Chinese_Number_Gestures\" >1 to 10 Chinese Number Gestures<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/#Chinese_Numbers_from_11_to_9999\" >Chinese Numbers from 11 to 9999\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/#Chinese_Numbers_from_10000_and_Beyond\" >Chinese Numbers from 10,000 and Beyond<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/#Chinese_Numbers_in_Daily_Life\" >Chinese Numbers in Daily Life<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/#Using_Chinese_Numbers_to_Talk_About_Days_and_Months\" >Using Chinese Numbers to Talk About Days and Months<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/#Using_Chinese_Numbers_to_Talk_About_Time\" >Using Chinese Numbers to Talk About Time<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/#Using_Chinese_Numbers_to_Talk_About_Age\" >Using Chinese Numbers to Talk About Age<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/#Using_Chinese_Numbers_to_Count_Objects\" >Using Chinese Numbers to Count Objects<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/#Special_Rules_and_Fun_Trivia_on_Chinese_Numbers\" >Special Rules and Fun Trivia on Chinese Numbers<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/#The_Curious_Cases_of_%E5%B9%BA_and_%E4%B8%A4\" >The Curious Cases of \u5e7a and \u4e24<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/#Chinese_Anti-Fraud_Numerals\" >Chinese Anti-Fraud Numerals<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/#Lucky_Numbers\" >Lucky Numbers\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/#Idioms_with_Chinese_Numbers\" >Idioms with Chinese Numbers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Math may be a human construct, but numbers are an essential part of life. From bustling open-air markets to somber business meetings, your grasp on numbers determines your chances of success. So how does one learn Chinese numbers? With the help of the following article, of course \ud83d\ude42\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reading_Chinese_Numbers\"><\/span><strong>Reading Chinese Numbers<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chinese_Numbers_from_1_to_10\"><\/span><strong>Chinese Numbers from 1 to 10<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese numbers are a pretty simple lot, especially in comparison to English or, Heaven forbid, French. First, we have numbers from 1 to 10:<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 80%; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; table-layout: fixed;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #26d09f; color: white;\">\n<th><b>Number<\/b><\/th>\n<th><b>Hanzi<\/b><\/th>\n<th><b>Pinyin<\/b><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e00<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u012b<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e8c<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e8r<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e09<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s\u0101n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u56db<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s\u00ec<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e94<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01d4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u516d<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">li\u00f9<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e03<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">q\u012b<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u516b<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b\u0101<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e5d<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ji\u01d4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5341<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u00ed<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t they look cute, with their limited strokes and angular shapes! Allow me to instill fear back into your souls: in Chinese, \u201czero\u201d is written as <strong>\u96f6<\/strong> \/ l\u00edng.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_to_10_Chinese_Number_Gestures\"><\/span><strong>1 to 10 Chinese Number Gestures<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The earliest math exercise known to man was counting one&#8217;s fingers, but the Chinese took this fine tradition to a whole new level when they came up with a method to signify the numbers from 1 to 10 using just one hand. Take a look:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some say that this system exists in no small part thanks to the abundance of Chinese dialects: in the marketplace, where different cultures collide, it&#8217;s sometimes easier to show rather than tell.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"514\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/attachment\/16121660831\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/16121660831-e1612248181349.png?fit=971%2C209&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"971,209\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1612166083(1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/16121660831-e1612248181349.png?fit=769%2C332&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-514\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/16121660831-e1612248181349-300x65.png?resize=600%2C129&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"chinese numbers: gesture 1 to 5\" width=\"600\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/16121660831-e1612248181349.png?resize=300%2C65&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/16121660831-e1612248181349.png?resize=768%2C165&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/16121660831-e1612248181349.png?w=971&amp;ssl=1 971w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"551\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/690007dc-7b9e-46d9-a9c6-12cb45c2e10c\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/690007DC-7B9E-46d9-A9C6-12CB45C2E10C.png?fit=1451%2C315&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1451,315\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"690007DC-7B9E-46d9-A9C6-12CB45C2E10C\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/690007DC-7B9E-46d9-A9C6-12CB45C2E10C.png?fit=769%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-551\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/690007DC-7B9E-46d9-A9C6-12CB45C2E10C.png?resize=600%2C130&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"chinese number: gesture 6 to 10\" width=\"600\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/690007DC-7B9E-46d9-A9C6-12CB45C2E10C.png?resize=300%2C65&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/690007DC-7B9E-46d9-A9C6-12CB45C2E10C.png?resize=1024%2C222&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/690007DC-7B9E-46d9-A9C6-12CB45C2E10C.png?resize=768%2C167&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/690007DC-7B9E-46d9-A9C6-12CB45C2E10C.png?resize=1200%2C261&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/690007DC-7B9E-46d9-A9C6-12CB45C2E10C.png?w=1451&amp;ssl=1 1451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_516\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-516\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"516\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/attachment\/16121661783\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/16121661783-e1612248525245.png?fit=595%2C222&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"595,222\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1612166178(3)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/16121661783-e1612248525245.png?fit=769%2C209&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-516\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/16121661783-e1612248525245-300x112.png?resize=400%2C149&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"chinese number: gesture 0 &amp; 10\" width=\"400\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/16121661783-e1612248525245.png?resize=300%2C112&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/16121661783-e1612248525245.png?w=595&amp;ssl=1 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">source: Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s ironic that the gestures vary depending on the region: take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_number_gestures#From_6_to_10_in_North_China\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">these variations from the South<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The gesture of the digit 0 is used for showing numbers like 20, 30, 40, etc, where the left-hand shows the tens digit and the right-hand shows the digit 0.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chinese_Numbers_from_11_to_9999\"><\/span><strong>Chinese Numbers from 11 to 9999\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The numbers after ten are clear-cut, straightforward compounds:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 80%; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; table-layout: fixed;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #26d09f; color: white;\">\n<td><b>Number<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Hanzi<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Pinyin<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11 (ten plus one)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5341\u4e00<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u00ed y\u012b<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">20 (two tens)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e8c\u5341<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e8r sh\u00ed\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">45 (four tens plus five)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u56db\u5341\u4e94<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s\u00ec sh\u00ed w\u01d4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230;and so on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you hit 99 (how do you say that in Chinese? That\u2019s right, \u4e5d\u5341\u4e5d \/ ji\u01d4 sh\u00ed ji\u01d4!), learn a new character &#8211; <strong>\u767e<\/strong> \/ <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b\u01cei (hundred):\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 80%; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; table-layout: fixed;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #26d09f; color: white;\">\n<th><b>Number<\/b><\/th>\n<th><b>Hanzi<\/b><\/th>\n<th><b>Pinyin<\/b><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">101 (one hundred zero one)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e00\u767e\u96f6\u4e00<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u012b b\u01cei l\u00edng y\u012b<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">410 (one hundred one (ten))<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u56db\u767e\u4e00<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s\u00ec b\u01cei y\u012b<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">999 (nine hundred nine tens plus nine)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e5d\u767e\u4e5d\u5341\u4e5d<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ji\u01d4 b\u01cei ji\u01d4 sh\u00ed ji\u01d4<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timely addition of <strong>\u5343<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">qi\u0101n (thousand) will have you covered for another 9,000 numbers:<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 80%; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; table-layout: fixed;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #26d09f; color: white;\">\n<td><b>Number<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Hanzi<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Pinyin<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1001 (one thousand zero one)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e00\u5343\u96f6\u4e00<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u012b qi\u0101n l\u00edng y\u012b<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3010 (three thousand one (ten))<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e09\u5343\u4e00\u5341<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s\u0101n qi\u0101n y\u012b sh\u00ed<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9503 (nine thousand five hundred zero three)<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e5d\u5343\u4e94\u767e\u96f6\u4e09<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ji\u01d4 qi\u0101n w\u01d4 b\u01cei l\u00edng s\u0101n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far so good, right? And I bet you already got to the edge of your seat, ready to blurt out that in Chinese, ten thousand must be \u5341\u5343&#8230; and that\u2019s where you\u2019d be wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chinese_Numbers_from_10000_and_Beyond\"><\/span><strong>Chinese Numbers from 10,000 and Beyond<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Way before Arabic numbers were in vogue and around the time my ancestors amused themselves by eating birch bark, the Chinese passed the time by refining their positional number system. Here are the results:<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 80%; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; table-layout: fixed;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #26d09f; color: white;\">\n<td><b>Number<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Hanzi<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Pinyin<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e07<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u00e0n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">100,000,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4ebf<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u00ec<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,000,000,000,000<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5146<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u00e0o<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(This is not an exhaustive list! Yay!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It takes some getting used to, but soon enough the knowledge that one million is <strong>\u4e00\u767e\u4e07<\/strong> \/ y\u012bb\u01cei w\u00e0n, ten million is <strong>\u4e00\u5343\u4e07<\/strong> \/ y\u012bqi\u0101n w\u00e0n, one billion is <strong>\u5341\u4ebf<\/strong> \/ sh\u00ed y\u00ec, will be as close and dear to you as 2 + 2 = 4\u2026 or not. In truth, even fluent speakers can struggle with number conversion, so don\u2019t beat yourself up if you don\u2019t always get it right!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This being said, do your best to memorize the character <strong>\u4e07<\/strong> \/ w\u00e0n &#8211; it shows up in many phrases that have very little to do with math, for instance:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e07\u5c81<\/strong> \/ w\u00e0n su\u00ec (lit. ten thousand years of age) \/ \u201cLong live \u2026\u201d (the emperor, or the Party, depending on the historical context). You may be more familiar with the Japanese reading of these characters, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">banzai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"517\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/attachment\/4\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4.jpg?fit=351%2C261&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"351,261\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4.jpg?fit=351%2C261&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-517 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4.jpg?resize=600%2C446&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u4e07\u5c81\" width=\"600\" height=\"446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4.jpg?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/4.jpg?w=351&amp;ssl=1 351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e07\u5723\u8282<\/strong> \/ w\u00e0nsh\u00e8ngji\u00e9\/ lit. ten thousand Saints festival &#8211; you guessed it, it\u2019s Halloween!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"518\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/attachment\/5\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/5.png?fit=535%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"535,356\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/5.png?fit=535%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-518 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/5.png?resize=600%2C399&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u4e07\u5723\u8282\u524d\u5915\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/5.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/5.png?w=535&amp;ssl=1 535w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e07\u4e8b\u5982\u610f<\/strong> \/ w\u00e0nsh\u00ec r\u00fay\u00ec \/ \u201cBest wishes\u201d (lit. ten thousand things as planned), widely used as a blessing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chinese_Numbers_in_Daily_Life\"><\/span><strong>Chinese Numbers in Daily Life<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you\u2019ve amassed a great amount of Chinese numbers in your short term memory, let\u2019s try and find some practical use for them!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_Chinese_Numbers_to_Talk_About_Days_and_Months\"><\/span><strong>Using Chinese Numbers to Talk About Days and Months<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The days (of the week) are numbered! And so are the months of the year, too. Chinese doesn&#8217;t need fancy words like Monday or January: use numbers instead!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For days of the week from Monday to Saturday, use the word &#8220;week&#8221; (<strong>\u661f\u671f<\/strong> \/ x\u012bngq\u00ed) + relevant number from 1 to 6. But remember: the ever-so-special Sunday is \u661f\u671f\u5929 \/ x\u012bngq\u00edti\u0101n or \u661f\u671f\u65e5 \/ x\u012bngq\u00edr\u00ec, no \u4e03 \/ q\u012b needed.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 80%; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; table-layout: fixed;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #26d09f; color: white;\">\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monday<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u661f\u671f\u4e00 \/ x\u012bngq\u00edy\u012b<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u661f\u671f\u4e8c \/ x\u012bngq\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u661f\u671f\u4e09 \/ x\u012bngq\u00eds\u0101n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u661f\u671f\u56db \/ x\u012bngq\u00eds\u00ec<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #26d09f; color: white;\">\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saturday<\/span><\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u661f\u671f\u4e94 \/ x\u012bngq\u00edw\u01d4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u661f\u671f\u516d \/ x\u012bngq\u00edli\u00f9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u661f\u671f\u5929 \/ x\u012bngq\u00edti\u0101n<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u661f\u671f\u65e5 \/ x\u012bngq\u00edr\u00ec<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For months, pick a number from 1 to 12 and add the word &#8220;month&#8221; (<strong>\u6708<\/strong> \/ yu\u00e8) immediately after it.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 80%; text-align: center; margin: 0 auto; table-layout: fixed;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #26d09f; color: white;\">\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">January<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">February<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">March<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">April<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e00\u6708 \/ y\u012b yu\u00e8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e8c\u6708 \/ \u00e8r yu\u00e8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e09\u6708 \/ s\u0101n yu\u00e8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u56db\u6708 \/ s\u00ec yu\u00e8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #26d09f; color: white;\">\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">June<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">July<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">August<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e94\u6708 \/ w\u01d4 yu\u00e8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u516d\u6708 \/ li\u00f9 yu\u00e8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e03\u6708 \/ q\u012b yu\u00e8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u516b\u6708 \/ b\u0101 yu\u00e8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #26d09f; color: white;\">\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">September<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">October<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">December<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e5d\u6708 \/ ji\u01d4 yu\u00e8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5341\u6708 \/ sh\u00ed yu\u00e8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5341\u4e00\u6708 \/ sh\u00edy\u012b yu\u00e8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5341\u4e8c\u6708 \/ sh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r yu\u00e8<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">Don&#8217;t bother with the measure word: while \u516d\u6708 \/ li\u00f9 yu\u00e8 means June, \u516d\u4e2a\u6708 \/ li\u00f9 g\u00e8 yu\u00e8 translates to &#8220;six months&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To indicate a date, go from the big stuff to the small stuff: start with the year (four numbers + \u5e74 \/ ni\u00e1n), then month (number + \u6708 \/ yu\u00e8), then day (number + \u53f7 \/ h\u00e0o or \u65e5 \/ r\u00ec):<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>1996\u5e748\u67088\u53f7<\/strong> \/ <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y\u012b ji\u01d4 ji\u01d4 li\u00f9 ni\u00e1n <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b\u0101<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> yu\u00e8 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">b\u0101<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> h\u00e0o \/ August 8, 1996<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2021\u5e7411\u670811\u53f7<\/strong> \/ <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e8r l\u00edng \u00e8r y\u012b ni\u00e1n <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u00edy\u012b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> yu\u00e8 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u00edy\u012b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> h\u00e0o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ November 11, 2021<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that the year reads as four separate numbers: it&#8217;s not &#8220;nineteen ninety six&#8221; or &#8220;two thousand twenty one&#8221;, but rather &#8220;one nine nine six&#8221; and &#8220;two zero two one&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_Chinese_Numbers_to_Talk_About_Time\"><\/span><strong>Using Chinese Numbers to Talk About Time<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The aforementioned logic of &#8220;big first, small second&#8221; applies to talking about time too: you should mention part of the day first (though it\u2019s okay to go with the 24-hour system too!), hours (number + <strong>\u70b9<\/strong> \/ di\u01cen) second, minutes (number + <strong>\u5206<\/strong> \/ f\u0113n) third.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e0a\u53489\u70b910\u5206<\/strong> \/ <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u00e0ngw\u01d4 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ji\u01d4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> di\u01cen <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u00ed<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> f\u0113n \/ 9:10 in the morning<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e2d\u534812\u70b9<\/strong> \/ <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">zh\u014dngw\u01d4 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> di\u01cen \/ 12 o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">clock at noon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e0b\u53485\u70b945\u5206<\/strong> \/ <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xi\u00e0w\u01d4 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01d4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> di\u01cen <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s\u00ec sh\u00ed w\u01d4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> f\u0113n \/ 5:45 in the afternoon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u665a\u4e0a9\u70b9\u534a<\/strong> \/ <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01censh\u00e0ng <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ji\u01d4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> di\u01cen b\u00e0n \/ half past 9 in the evening<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>19\u70b925\u5206<\/strong> \/ sh\u00ed ji\u01d4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> di\u01cen <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00e8r sh\u00ed<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">w\u01d4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> f\u0113n \/ 19:25<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_Chinese_Numbers_to_Talk_About_Age\"><\/span><strong>Using Chinese Numbers to Talk About Age<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talking about someone&#8217;s age is easy: just take a number of years and add a <strong>\u5c81<\/strong> \/ su\u00ec after it:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u6211\u4eca\u5e74\u4e8c\u5341\u4e94\u5c81 \/ w\u01d2 j\u012bnni\u00e1n \u00e8rsh\u00edw\u01d4 su\u00ec \/ I\u2019m turning 25 this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asking about someone&#8217;s age, on the other hand, is trickier. There are two basic ways to ask about someone&#8217;s age in Chinese:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Subject + \u51e0\u5c81 \/ j\u01d0 su\u00ec \uff1f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4f60\u59b9\u59b9\u4eca\u5e74\u51e0\u5c81\uff1f\/ n\u01d0 m\u00e8imei j\u012bnni\u00e1n j\u01d0 su\u00ec \/ How old is your younger sister?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u51e0<\/strong> \/ j\u01d0 is a question word that usually refers to numbers no bigger than ten. Therefore, it&#8217;s better to use \u51e0\u5c81 \/ j\u01d0 su\u00ec when talking about children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, if the person in question has passed this threshold already, use&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Subject + \u591a\u5927\u4e86 \/ du\u014dd\u00e0le\uff1f<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4f60\u4eca\u5e74\u591a\u5927\u4e86\uff1f\/ n\u01d0 j\u012bnni\u00e1n du\u014dd\u00e0le \/ How old are you turning this year?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u591a\u5927<\/strong> \/ du\u014dd\u00e0 is a neutral question, so if you want to crank up the politeness level around people of advanced age, say:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Subject + \u591a\u5927\u5e74\u7eaa \/ du\u014dd\u00e0 ni\u00e1nj\u00ec \uff1f\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u60a8\u591a\u5927\u5e74\u7eaa\uff1f\/ n\u00edn du\u014dd\u00e0 ni\u00e1nj\u00ec \/ How old are you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can make it classier by going <strong>\u60a8\u9ad8\u5bff<\/strong> \/ n\u00edn g\u0101osh\u00f2u \uff1f which literally translates to &#8220;Your venerable age?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_Chinese_Numbers_to_Count_Objects\"><\/span><strong>Using Chinese Numbers to Count Objects<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese may lack the grammatical category of number, but it does have something virtually unheard of in many other languages: the concept of measure words. Measure words are used between the number and the noun, like this:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e00\u4e2a\u5b69\u5b50<\/strong> \/ y\u012b g\u00e8 h\u00e1izi \/ one child<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e24\u4e2a\u5973\u4eba<\/strong> \/ li\u01ceng g\u00e8 n\u01dar\u00e9n \/ two women<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e09\u6761\u88e4\u5b50<\/strong> \/ s\u0101n ti\u00e1o k\u00f9zi \/ three pairs of trousers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u56db\u5f20\u684c\u5b50<\/strong> \/ s\u00ec zh\u0101ng zhu\u014dzi \/ four tables<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e94\u672c\u4e66<\/strong> \/ w\u01d4 b\u011bn sh\u016b \/ five books<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u516d\u53ea\u732b<\/strong> \/ li\u00f9 zh\u01d0 m\u0101o \/ six cats<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e00\u53cc\u624b\u5957<\/strong> \/ y\u012b shu\u0101ng sh\u01d2ut\u00e0o \/ one pair of gloves<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are nouns in English that can serve a similar role: you wouldn\u2019t say \u201ctwo dirts\u201d, but \u201ctwo piles of dirt\u201d is a-okay, because the combination \u201cpiles of\u201d functions as a measure word. The difference is that there are dozens of measure words in Chinese: one for long thin objects (\u6761 \/ ti\u00e1o), one for flat wide objects (\u5f20 \/ zh\u0101ng), one for books (\u672c \/ b\u011bn), one for some animals (\u53ea \/ zh\u01d0), one for things that come in pairs (\u53cc \/ shu\u0101ng), and so on\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luckily, there is a catch-all measure word that can go with almost any noun: <strong>\u4e2a<\/strong> \/ g\u00e8!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e2a \/ g\u00e8 will always be here for you if you can&#8217;t remember a better measure word to count things in Chinese!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"535\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/%e5%be%ae%e4%bf%a1%e5%9b%be%e7%89%87_20210201181748\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1%E5%9B%BE%E7%89%87_20210201181748.jpg?fit=484%2C361&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"484,361\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\u5fae\u4fe1\u56fe\u7247_20210201181748\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1%E5%9B%BE%E7%89%87_20210201181748.jpg?fit=484%2C361&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-535 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1%E5%9B%BE%E7%89%87_20210201181748.jpg?resize=500%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1%E5%9B%BE%E7%89%87_20210201181748.jpg?resize=300%2C224&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1%E5%9B%BE%E7%89%87_20210201181748.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/%E5%BE%AE%E4%BF%A1%E5%9B%BE%E7%89%87_20210201181748.jpg?w=484&amp;ssl=1 484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Special_Rules_and_Fun_Trivia_on_Chinese_Numbers\"><\/span><strong>Special Rules and Fun Trivia on Chinese Numbers<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Curious_Cases_of_%E5%B9%BA_and_%E4%B8%A4\"><\/span><strong>The Curious Cases of \u5e7a and \u4e24<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The characters for &#8220;one&#8221; and &#8220;two&#8221;: \u4e00 \/ y\u012b and \u4e8c \/ \u00e8r respectively &#8211; are the easiest hanzi in existence. It&#8217;s a shame they aren&#8217;t used all the time!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, <strong>in phone numbers, 1 is pronounced as \u5e7a \/ y\u0101o instead of \u4e00 \/ y\u012b.<\/strong> This way, a row of 1&#8217;s will sound like &#8220;y\u0101o-y\u0101o-y\u0101o&#8221; without turning into an indistinguishable &#8220;YEEEE&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e24<\/strong> \/ li\u01ceng represents a more grammar-heavy change: <strong>it&#8217;s used before measure words instead of \u4e8c<\/strong> \/ \u00e8r :<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e24\u4e2a\u4eba \/ li\u01ceng g\u00e8 r\u00e9n \/ two people<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note that this doesn&#8217;t apply to numbers that simply have &#8220;2&#8221; as their final number:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e8c\u5341\u4e8c\u4e2a\u4eba \/ \u00e8rsh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r g\u00e8 r\u00e9n \/ 22 people<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, one might ask, what about those big numbers, like hundreds and thousands? Do they count as measure words? In truth, there is no definitive answer to this question, so pronouncing 2222 as \u4e8c\u5343\u4e8c\u767e\u4e8c\u5341\u4e8c \/ \u00e8rqi\u0101n \u00e8rb\u01cei \u00e8rsh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r, \u4e24\u5343\u4e8c\u767e\u4e8c\u5341\u4e8c \/ li\u01ceng qi\u0101n \u00e8rb\u01cei \u00e8rsh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r or even \u4e24\u5343\u4e24\u767e\u4e8c\u5341\u4e8c \/ li\u01ceng qi\u0101n li\u01ceng b\u01cei \u00e8rsh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r is all perfectly fine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chinese_Anti-Fraud_Numerals\"><\/span><strong>Chinese Anti-Fraud Numerals<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Things that are easy to write are easy to forge. This simple truth leads to Westerners painstakingly writing out numbers word by word in important contracts, while in China people make good use of the so-called \u5927\u5199 \/ &#8211; anti-fraud (aka banker\u2019s) numerals, mostly used in financial settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #26d09f; color: white;\">\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">common<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e00<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e8c<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e09<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u56db<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e94<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">financial<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u58f9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u8d30<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u53c1<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u8086<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4f0d<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #26d09f; color: white;\">\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">common<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u516d<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e03<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u516b<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u4e5d<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u5341<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">financial<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u9646<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u67d2<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u634c<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u7396<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u62fe<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">Thank god the \u201czero\u201d &#8211; \u96f6 \/ l\u00edng &#8211; is complicated enough! In fact, it quite often gets simplified to \u3007 in daily life. What a relief!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lucky_Numbers\"><\/span><strong>Lucky Numbers\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a lot of superstitions tied to Chinese numbers, so knowing auspicious numbers in Chinese culture is a must if you want to surprise someone with a tasteful gift.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"554\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/f6189106-def4-44e8-989c-fac9297c3479_mh1612250125518\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/F6189106-DEF4-44e8-989C-FAC9297C3479_mh1612250125518.jpg?fit=611%2C864&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"611,864\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Chinese lucky number\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/F6189106-DEF4-44e8-989C-FAC9297C3479_mh1612250125518.jpg?fit=611%2C864&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-554\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/F6189106-DEF4-44e8-989C-FAC9297C3479_mh1612250125518.jpg?resize=400%2C566&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chinese lucky number\" width=\"400\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/F6189106-DEF4-44e8-989C-FAC9297C3479_mh1612250125518.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/F6189106-DEF4-44e8-989C-FAC9297C3479_mh1612250125518.jpg?w=611&amp;ssl=1 611w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The luckiest number is <strong>8<\/strong>: it sounds similar to \u53d1 \/ f\u0101 (as in, \u53d1\u8d22 \/ f\u0101c\u00e1i &#8211; get rich) and looks like \u56cd \/ shu\u0101ng x\u01d0, a purely decorative hanzi which literally translates to \u201cdouble joy\u201d and thus can be seen at every traditional wedding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking of doubles, <strong>2<\/strong> isn\u2019t too shabby either: most decorations come in pairs, and gifts should too!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u597d\u4e8b\u6210\u53cc<\/strong>(lit. Good things come in pairs)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Cantonese, <strong>6<\/strong> sounds like \u201cgood fortune\u201d and \u201chappiness\u201d, so it\u2019s considered a good number for business. Meanwhile, mainlanders came up with their own meaning for the number 6: it now means \u201ccool\u201d, due to the similarity in pronunciation with the word \u725b\u903c \/ ni\u00fa b\u012b (don\u2019t repeat this, and if anyone asks, you didn\u2019t learn it from us).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Similarly, <strong>9<\/strong> used to be associated with the Emperor, and also longevity (think \u4e45 \/ ji\u01d4 &#8211; long-lasting), but now it mostly means \u201cwicked cool\u201d: 999 is <strong>\u516d\u7ffb\u4e86<\/strong> \/\u00a0 li\u00f9 f\u0101nle \/ cool (6) enough to turn upside down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"526\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/attachment\/11\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11.jpg?fit=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"11\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11.jpg?fit=769%2C769&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-526 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"6\u7ffb\u4e86\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11.jpg?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, the number worth avoiding both in ancient China and the world of today is<strong> 4<\/strong>. It sounds like the word \u201cdeath\u201d (<strong>\u6b7b<\/strong> \/ s\u01d0), so many elevators in China coquettishly hide the fourth-floor button like Something-That-Should-Not-Be-Named.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Idioms_with_Chinese_Numbers\"><\/span><strong>Idioms with Chinese Numbers<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sheer amount of idioms that contain numbers in the Chinese language is too large for words and definitely too large for this humble article. However, yours truly does have some favorites:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e00\u751f\u4e00\u4e16<\/strong> \/ y\u012bsh\u0113ng y\u012bsh\u00ec \/ for all one\u2019s life. It sometimes gets abbreviated to<strong> 1314<\/strong> due to pronunciation similarities, and then further expanded to 52571314 (<strong>\u6211\u7231\u6211\u59bb\u4e00\u751f\u4e00\u4e16<\/strong> \/ w\u01d2 \u00e0i w\u01d2q\u012b y\u012bsh\u0113ng y\u012bsh\u00ec \/ I love my wife forever and ever), the most auspicious numbers in the Chinese language \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"527\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/11-2\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11-1.jpg?fit=600%2C876&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,876\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"11\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11-1.jpg?fit=600%2C876&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-527 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11-1.jpg?resize=350%2C511&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u4e00\u751f\u4e00\u4e16\" width=\"350\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11-1.jpg?resize=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/11-1.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u8bf4\u4e00\u4e0d\u4e8c<\/strong> \/ shu\u014d y\u012b b\u00f9 \u00e8r \/ to keep one\u2019s word (lit. say \u201cone\u201d and not mean \u201ctwo\u201d).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e24\u9762\u4e09\u5200<\/strong> \/ li\u01cengmi\u00e0ns\u0101nd\u0101o \/ backstabbing (lit. \u201ctwo faces, three knives).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"528\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/attachment\/12\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/12.jpg?fit=500%2C707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"12\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/12.jpg?fit=500%2C707&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-528 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/12.jpg?resize=350%2C495&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\u4e24\u9762\u4e09\u5200\" width=\"350\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/12.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/12.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u56db\u9762\u695a\u6b4c<\/strong> \/ s\u00ecmi\u00e0nch\u01d4g\u0113 \/ surrounded by enemies, isolated and without help. This one is classier than the rest: it literally translates to \u201cfour sides, Chu songs\u201d, Chu being the Chu kingdom during the Warring States period. Use this idiom when no one lets you cheat on a test.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e94\u989c\u516d\u8272<\/strong> \/ w\u01d4y\u00e1nli\u00f9s\u00e8 \/ every color under the sun, multi-colored (you can tell that not many colors were routinely available to people of the past).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u4e71\u4e03\u516b\u7cdf<\/strong> \/ lu\u00e0nq\u012bb\u0101z\u0101o \/ a hideous mess, complete disarray, or, as the English would have it, &#8220;at sixes and sevens&#8221;.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u5341\u4e4b\u516b\u4e5d<\/strong> \/ sh\u00ed zh\u012b b\u0101ji\u01d4 \/ most likely, vast majority (lit. \u201c8 or 9 out of 10\u201d).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u767e\u6218\u767e\u80dc<\/strong> \/ b\u01cei zh\u00e0n b\u01ceish\u00e8ng \/ to emerge victorious in every battle (lit. \u201chundred battles, hundred victories\u201d). <\/span>And something worth repeating&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"534\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blog.chineseskill.com\/ja\/2021\/02\/02\/chinese-numbers\/attachment\/15\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.chineseskill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/15.jpg?fit=2000%2C1006&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1006\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"15\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" 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