Numbers 数字 (shù zì)

Tone Marks
First ā
Second á
Third ǎ
Fourth à
Neutral a

Pinyin and Characters

Pinyin use the tone marks to indicate the corresponding characters. More than one character can be in the same form of Pinyin, with the same tone marks.

Side Note:
  • 两 liǎng - two, some, a few
  • 两 is used when counting things with a measure word, 二 is used in numbers. (Quote: 两 - Wikitionary)

Reference and Read:

Numbers 数字 (shù zì)
Numbers 数字 中文 English pīn yīn
0 〇、零 zero líng
1 一 one yī
2 二 two èr
3 三 three sān
4 四 four sì
5 五 five wǔ
6 六 six liù
7 七 seven qī
8 八 eight bā
9 九 nine jiǔ
10 十 ten shí
(100) 百 hundred bǎi
100 一百 one hundred yī bǎi
200 两百 two hundred liǎng bǎi
1000 千 thousand qiān
10000 万 ten thousand wàn
100000000 亿 hundred million yì
  • For numbers eleven to nineteen, you would add a ten (十 shí) before the single digit numbers.【For example:】十一 shí yī (eleven), 十二 shí èr (twelve), 十三 shí sān (thirteen), etc.
  • For numbers such as twenty and thirty, you would add the ten (十 shí) after the single digit numbers.【For example:】 二十 èr shí (twenty), 三十 sān shí (thirty), 四十 sì shí (forty), etc.
  • Similarly, for hundred (百 bǎi), thousand (千 qiān), ten thousand (万 wàn), and hundred million (亿 yì) you would also add them after the single digit numbers.【For example:】九百 bǎi (nine hundred), 九千 jiǔ qiān (nine thousand), 九万 jiǔ wàn (ninety thousand), 九亿 jiǔ yì (nine hundred million).
  • 【Important/Exceptional】Other then twenty (二十 èr shí), for numbers that start with two, 两 liǎng (two) is used instead of 二 èr (two).【For example:】两百二十 liǎng bǎi èr shí (220, two hundred and twenty) not 二百二十 èr bǎi èr shí.