Pin Yin |
Pronunciation |
Chinese |
English |
Ling |
Ling |
零 |
Zero |
Yi |
yee |
一 |
One |
Er |
err |
二 |
Two |
liang |
lyang |
两 |
a couple |
San |
sahn |
三 |
Three |
Si |
sur |
四 |
Four |
Wu |
wu |
五 |
Five |
Liu |
lyoh |
六 |
Six |
Qi |
chee |
七 |
Seven |
Ba |
bah |
八 |
Eight |
Jiu |
jyoh |
九 |
Nine |
Shi |
shur |
十 |
Ten |
Bai 百 – suffix meaning hundred, e.g. yi bai = 100, er bai = 200 etc
Qian 千 – suffix meaning thousand, e.g. yi qian = 1000, er qian = 2000 etc
Wan 万 – suffix meaning ten thousand, e.g. yi wan = 10,000, wu wan = 50,000 etc
Yi bai wan 一百万 – a million
Note: Many people tend to confuse numbers as the Chinese use the digits differently.