Chinese Numbers 1 to 100: Complete Guide with Pronunciation
Interactive Number Cards (1–100)
Click any card to highlight it. Each card shows the Arabic numeral, Chinese character (汉字), pinyin with tone marks, and a hint.
Key Patterns Explained
1. Basic Numbers 1–10
The ten base numbers must be memorised individually. Pay close attention to the tones — they are fixed and do not change (except 一 yī in certain contexts).
| # | Hanzi | Pinyin | Tone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 一 | yī | 1st — high flat |
| 2 | 二 | èr | 4th — falling |
| 3 | 三 | sān | 1st — high flat |
| 4 | 四 | sì | 4th — falling |
| 5 | 五 | wǔ | 3rd — dip-rise |
| 6 | 六 | liù | 4th — falling |
| 7 | 七 | qī | 1st — high flat |
| 8 | 八 | bā | 1st — high flat |
| 9 | 九 | jiǔ | 3rd — dip-rise |
| 10 | 十 | shí | 2nd — rising |
2. Numbers 11–19: shí + unit
Simply place 十 (shí, ten) before the unit digit. There is no filler word in between.
3. Numbers 20–99: tens × shí + unit
Multiply the tens digit by 十 (shí), then append the unit digit. For round tens (20, 30 …), no unit digit is added.
4. 零 líng — Zero
零 (líng) means zero and is used in two main ways: as a standalone zero in counting, and as a placeholder inside larger numbers to indicate a gap in the digit sequence (e.g. 一百零一 = 101).
Practical Examples
价格 — Prices
电话 — Phone Numbers
日期 — Dates
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