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The document provides a list of Chinese numbers from 0 to 10, along with vocabulary related to phone numbers and asking for age. It explains the use of '两' for counting and how large numbers are structured in Chinese. Additionally, it includes examples of how to ask and answer questions about age in Chinese.

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Additional Reading Material

The document provides a list of Chinese numbers from 0 to 10, along with vocabulary related to phone numbers and asking for age. It explains the use of '两' for counting and how large numbers are structured in Chinese. Additionally, it includes examples of how to ask and answer questions about age in Chinese.

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0 Líng 零

1 Yī 一

2 Èr 二

3 Sān 三

4 Sì 四

5 Wǔ 五

6 Liù 六

7 Qī 七

8 Bā 八

9 Jiǔ 九

10 Shí 十

Vocabulary

电话 diàn huà n. phone

号码 hàomǎ n. number

多少 duōshǎo pron. how many or how much

In China when dealing with contact numbers use yāo for 1 instead of yī.

百 bǎi 100
千 qiān 1,000
万 wàn 10,000
百万 bǎiwàn 1 million
亿 yì 100 million
十亿 shíyì 1 billion
兆 zhào 1 trillion

两 (liǎng) is used for two when counting people and things. It can be also used as the first
digit in two hundred (两百), two thousand (两千), etc, however only for the first digit - 222 people
= 两百二十二人 or 二百二十二人

Ordinal numbers are formed by adding 第 dì ("sequence") before the number: 第一 (dì
yī) = 1st, 第二 (dì èr) = 2nd, etc.

Large numbers are divided into units of ten thousand, so 1 million is 100 wàn (100 ten-
thousands), and a billion is 10 yì (10 hundred-millions).

Asking for a Person’s Age


Nǐ jǐ suì?
Jǐ 几 how many
Suì 岁 years old

Always remember that jǐ is used to ask numbers from 0 to 9.

Here is another way of asking the age of a person.

Nǐ jīnnián duōdà ?
jīnnián 今年 this year
duō dà 多大 how old
Suì 岁 year (of age)

Applying in a conversation:
Nǐ jǐ suì? 你几岁？

How old are you


Wǒ sān suì. 我3岁。

I am three years old.

Nǐ jīnnián duō dà ? 你今年多大?

How old are you this


year?
Wǒ jīnnián sānshí 我30岁。
suì.

I am thirty years old.

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