Numbers are a great place to start when learning Mandarin.
The Mandarin numbers song
A great way to learn the numbers one to ten in Mandarin is to sing along with this song:
It is important to remember that singing in Mandarin changes the tones.
Download the lyrics sheet here.
Numbers one to ten in Mandarin
Mandarin | Pinyin | English |
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Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | ²â¨© | one |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | ¨¨°ù | two |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | ²õ¨¡²Ô | three |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | ²õ¨¬ | four |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | ·É¨³ | five |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | ±ô¾±¨´ | six |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | ±ç¨© | seven |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | ²ú¨¡ | eight |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | Âá¾±¨³ | nine |
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. | ²õ³ó¨ª | ten |
Did you know?
When you want to say you have two of something in Mandarin, you don¡¯t use Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. ¨¨°ù (two).
Instead, you use the Mandarin word Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. ±ô¾±¨£²Ô²µ, for example:
Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. ³¢¾±¨£²Ô²µ zh¨« xi¨£o g¨¯u - two dogs
This rule only applies to the number ¡®two¡¯.
Numbers higher than ten in Mandarin
All numbers higher than ten in Mandarin are built on the basics of one through ten, for example:
To say 11, you would combine ten and one, so Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. ²õ³ó¨ª ²â¨© (ten plus one)
To say 20, you would combine two and ten, so Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. ¨¨°ù ²õ³ó¨ª (two tens)
To say 31, you would combine three, ten and one, so Check your connection, refresh the page and try again. ²õ¨¡²Ô ²õ³ó¨ª ²â¨© (three tens plus one)
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