1- yī
2 – èr
3 – sān
4 – sì
5 – wǔ
6 – liù
7 – qī
8 – bā
9 – jiǔ
10 – shí
See this video for more on learning the Chinese Number Hand Gestures.
11 – is ten and one, shíyī
12 – shí’èr
13, 14, 15…ect. – are just the same
20 – is two and ten, èrshí
21 – èrshíyī
22- èrshí’èr
30 – sānshí
40 – sìshí
50 – wǔshí
99- jiǔshíjiǔ
Play the Don’t Say game with your friends. To play you don’t say the numbers in red and remember to say them in Chinese numbers we have just seen. Take it in turns to say the number, I will say yī and you say èr, and continue this pattern. When you come to 8, clap and don’t say it.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25…
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