How to count numbers in Chinese Number 0-9 0 零 1 一 2 二 3 三 4 四 5 五 6 六 7 七 8 八 9 九 Note: The number 2 has two forms. When it indicates the exact number in a noun phrase like two pieces of paper, it becomes 两. For instance, 两本书（two books）. When we just simply count numbers within 100, we use 二. Number 10-99 The number 10 in Chinese is 十. Can you guess what the number 二十 (literally “two ten”) represents? The answer is twenty. If you know how to write 20 in Chinese, then you should be able to write the other numbers. 10 十 20 二十 30 三十 40 四十 50 五十 60 六十 70 七十 80 八十 90 九十 In English, the number 22 is twenty-two which is the same way how Chinese write 11 to 99. Here are some examples: 11十一 23 二十三 37 三十七 49 四十九 51 五十一 64 六十四 72 七十二 86 八十六 99 九十九 Number 100 AND HIGHER Besides the number 10, there are different characters for multiples of 10 ranging from 100 and 1,000 to 10,000 and 1,000,00,000. 100 百 235 二百四十五 1,000 千 1521 一千一百二十一 10,000 万 442,367 四十四万两千三百六十七 1,000,00,000 亿 9,600,00,000 九亿六千万 Note: If the number is above 100 like 222, we use 二十二 for 22 but 两百for 200, for the 222 should be 两百二十二. The vital zero（0） English speakers use one hundred and on to indicate the number 101. Chinese is a little different. We will put 零 (0) in. Adjacent zeros will only write one zero, and the zero(s)at the end of a number will not be indicated. 101 100(一百) + 0（零）+1 (一) =一百零一 （101） 900,202 900000（九十萬）+200（二百）+2（二）= 九十万零二百零二 960,000,000 900,000,000（九亿）+60,000,000(六千万)=九亿六千万 Quick test How to write the following numbers in Chinese? 83 438 7,092 334,471 998,387 5,094,600 70,500,255,700 Thank you for the corrections! If you are interested in learning Chinese, you could visit my website: https://untanglechinese.com/blog/