Numbers in Chinese
Counting in Mandarin is refreshingly regular: once you know 1-10, you can build every number up to 99 by combining them. Tap any number to hear it, and notice how 一 (yī) shifts tone depending on what follows it.
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How do you count to 10 in Chinese?
One to ten in Mandarin is yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ, liù, qī, bā, jiǔ, shí (一二三四五六七八九十). Larger numbers combine these: 11 is 十一 (shí yī, 'ten-one'), 20 is 二十 (èr shí, 'two-ten').
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