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Numbers & Counting

The number system

Numbers 1–10

Foundational counting words.

📊 Numbers
Number Char Pinyin
1 一 yī
2 二 èr
5 五 wǔ
10 十 shí
11 十一 shíyī
20 二十 èrshí
100 百 bǎi
💬 Examples
一二三四五
yī èr sān sì wǔ
1 2 3 4 5
📝 First five numbers
六七八九十
liù qī bā jiǔ shí
6 7 8 9 10
📝 Six to ten
Tens are built logically

11 = 十一 (ten-one); 25 = 二十五 (two-ten-five).

💬 Examples
十一
shíyī
eleven
📝 ten + one
二十五
èrshíwǔ
twenty-five
📝 two-ten-five
Big units: 百 千 万

Hundred, thousand, and 万 (ten-thousand, a single unit).

💬 Examples
一千
yìqiān
one thousand
📝 千 = thousand
一万
yíwàn
ten thousand
📝 万 is one unit (English lacks it)