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Chinese numbers

Type any number and see how it’s written and said in Chinese, with 两 and 零 in the right places. Or type Chinese, like 一万二, to get the number.

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12,305 in Chinese

一万两千三百零五

yī wàn liǎng qiān sān bǎi líng wǔ

Traditional
一萬兩千三百零五
On a cheque
壹万贰仟叁佰零伍
Online

Chinese numbers 1 to 100

  1. 1一yī
  2. 2二èr
  3. 3三sān
  4. 4四sì
  5. 5五wǔ
  6. 6六liù
  7. 7七qī
  8. 8八bā
  9. 9九jiǔ
  10. 10十shí
  11. 11十一shí yī
  12. 12十二shí èr
  13. 13十三shí sān
  14. 14十四shí sì
  15. 15十五shí wǔ
  16. 16十六shí liù
  17. 17十七shí qī
  18. 18十八shí bā
  19. 19十九shí jiǔ
  20. 20二十èr shí
  21. 21二十一èr shí yī
  22. 22二十二èr shí èr
  23. 23二十三èr shí sān
  24. 24二十四èr shí sì
  25. 25二十五èr shí wǔ
  26. 26二十六èr shí liù
  27. 27二十七èr shí qī
  28. 28二十八èr shí bā
  29. 29二十九èr shí jiǔ
  30. 30三十sān shí
  31. 31三十一sān shí yī
  32. 32三十二sān shí èr
  33. 33三十三sān shí sān
  34. 34三十四sān shí sì
  35. 35三十五sān shí wǔ
  36. 36三十六sān shí liù
  37. 37三十七sān shí qī
  38. 38三十八sān shí bā
  39. 39三十九sān shí jiǔ
  40. 40四十sì shí
  41. 41四十一sì shí yī
  42. 42四十二sì shí èr
  43. 43四十三sì shí sān
  44. 44四十四sì shí sì
  45. 45四十五sì shí wǔ
  46. 46四十六sì shí liù
  47. 47四十七sì shí qī
  48. 48四十八sì shí bā
  49. 49四十九sì shí jiǔ
  50. 50五十wǔ shí
  51. 51五十一wǔ shí yī
  52. 52五十二wǔ shí èr
  53. 53五十三wǔ shí sān
  54. 54五十四wǔ shí sì
  55. 55五十五wǔ shí wǔ
  56. 56五十六wǔ shí liù
  57. 57五十七wǔ shí qī
  58. 58五十八wǔ shí bā
  59. 59五十九wǔ shí jiǔ
  60. 60六十liù shí
  61. 61六十一liù shí yī
  62. 62六十二liù shí èr
  63. 63六十三liù shí sān
  64. 64六十四liù shí sì
  65. 65六十五liù shí wǔ
  66. 66六十六liù shí liù
  67. 67六十七liù shí qī
  68. 68六十八liù shí bā
  69. 69六十九liù shí jiǔ
  70. 70七十qī shí
  71. 71七十一qī shí yī
  72. 72七十二qī shí èr
  73. 73七十三qī shí sān
  74. 74七十四qī shí sì
  75. 75七十五qī shí wǔ
  76. 76七十六qī shí liù
  77. 77七十七qī shí qī
  78. 78七十八qī shí bā
  79. 79七十九qī shí jiǔ
  80. 80八十bā shí
  81. 81八十一bā shí yī
  82. 82八十二bā shí èr
  83. 83八十三bā shí sān
  84. 84八十四bā shí sì
  85. 85八十五bā shí wǔ
  86. 86八十六bā shí liù
  87. 87八十七bā shí qī
  88. 88八十八bā shí bā
  89. 89八十九bā shí jiǔ
  90. 90九十jiǔ shí
  91. 91九十一jiǔ shí yī
  92. 92九十二jiǔ shí èr
  93. 93九十三jiǔ shí sān
  94. 94九十四jiǔ shí sì
  95. 95九十五jiǔ shí wǔ
  96. 96九十六jiǔ shí liù
  97. 97九十七jiǔ shí qī
  98. 98九十八jiǔ shí bā
  99. 99九十九jiǔ shí jiǔ
  100. 100一百yī bǎi

How Chinese numbers work

Say the digit, then its place: 三十五 sān shí wǔ is “three ten five”, 三百零五 sān bǎi líng wǔ is “three hundred, zero, five”. Ten to nineteen start with 十 alone (十五 shí wǔ), but inside a bigger number it’s 一十 (一百一十 yī bǎi yī shí).

万 and 亿: counting in ten thousands

Chinese groups digits in fours, not threes. 万 is ten thousand and 亿 is a hundred million, so a million is “a hundred 万”.

10,000一万 yī wàn
100,000十万 shí wàn
1 million一百万 yī bǎi wàn
10 million一千万 yī qiān wàn
100 million一亿 yī yì
1 billion十亿 shí yì

二 or 两

Both mean two. Count and read digits with 二 (二 èr, 十二 shí èr, 二十二 èr shí èr). Before 千, 万 and 亿, and at the front of 百, say 两: 两百 liǎng bǎi, 两千 liǎng qiān, 两万 liǎng wàn. Before a measure word it’s always 两: 两个人, two people. 二百 is fine too.

零 in the middle

A gap of zeros inside a number is one 零, however many zeros there are: 一千零五 yī qiān líng wǔ, 一万零五十 yī wàn líng wǔ shí. Zeros at the end are never said: 一千五百 yī qiān wǔ bǎi.

1.2万 on Chinese sites

Prices, views and followers are often written with a digit and 万 or 亿: 1.2万 is 12,000 and 3.5亿 is 350,000,000. In speech people shorten the same way: 一万二 is 12,000 and 三千五 is 3,500. Type either into the box to check.

Money

Prices are written with 元 and said with 块: 十二块五 shí èr kuài wǔ is ¥12.50, and the last unit is usually dropped. Ten cents is a 毛 (written 角): 五毛 wǔ máo.

Phone numbers and years

Both go digit by digit. In a phone number 1 is usually 幺 yāo: 110 is 幺幺零 yāo yāo líng. A year: 二〇二六年 èr líng èr liù nián.

Percentages and fractions

Say the whole first, then the part: 百分之五十 bǎi fēn zhī wǔ shí is 50%, 三分之一 sān fēn zhī yī is 1/3. A decimal point is 点: 三点一四 sān diǎn yī sì.

On cheques and contracts

Banks and contracts write the formal capitals so a number can’t be changed: 壹贰叁肆伍陆柒捌玖拾佰仟. 一万两千三百零五 yī wàn liǎng qiān sān bǎi líng wǔ becomes 壹万贰仟叁佰零伍.

How 一 is said

The pinyin here is written as a dictionary writes it. In speech 一 changes tone before another syllable: 一百 is said yìbǎi and 一万 yíwàn, but it stays yī when counting and at the end of a number.

Questions

How do you say 10,000 in Chinese?

10,000 is 一万 (yī wàn). Chinese counts in ten thousands, so 100,000 is 十万 (shí wàn) and a million is 一百万 (yī bǎi wàn).

When do you use 两 instead of 二?

Use 两 before a measure word (两个) and before 千, 万 and 亿 (两千, 两万). Use 二 when counting, in digits and in tens: 二, 十二, 二十.

How do you say a million in Chinese?

A million is 一百万 (yī bǎi wàn), “a hundred ten-thousands”. A billion is 十亿 (shí yì).

What does 1.2万 mean?

1.2万 is 1.2 × 10,000, so 12,000. 3亿 is 300,000,000.

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