Learning numbers in Chinese is in some respects easier than English but total mastery of these suckers takes a bit of grit. In this show, I’ll walk you through how to craft the numbers 0 to 100. And give you a bit of practice time to stretch your brain a bit!

All you need to master is zero to 10; once you’ve got that down you can count all the way to 99.

In this episode

• An intro to the words from zero to 10, and 100
• Explanation of how to craft numbers from 11-99
• Practice, practice and more practice

Vocab list

0—líng 零
1—yī 一
2—èr 二
3—sān 三
4—sì 四
5—wŭ 五
6—liù 六
7—qī 七
8—bā 八
9—jiŭ 九
10—shí 十
100—yī băi 一百

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