Chinese reference

Chinese numbers

31 words with English translations. 0 of them appear in the 5,000 most common Chinese words, and the table shows exactly where each one ranks — so you can learn the ones you will actually hear first.

31words
0in the top 5,000
Chineselanguage
WordEnglishHow common
一 yīoneoutside the top 5,000
二 èrtwooutside the top 5,000
三 sānthreeoutside the top 5,000
四 sìfouroutside the top 5,000
五 wǔfiveoutside the top 5,000
六 liùsixoutside the top 5,000
七 qīsevenoutside the top 5,000
八 bāeightoutside the top 5,000
九 jiǔnineoutside the top 5,000
十 shítenoutside the top 5,000
十一 shíyīelevenoutside the top 5,000
十二 shí'èrtwelveoutside the top 5,000
十三 shísānthirteenoutside the top 5,000
十四 shísìfourteenoutside the top 5,000
十五 shíwǔfifteenoutside the top 5,000
十六 shíliùsixteenoutside the top 5,000
十七 shíqīseventeenoutside the top 5,000
十八 shíbāeighteenoutside the top 5,000
十九 shíjiǔnineteenoutside the top 5,000
二十 èrshítwentyoutside the top 5,000
三十 sānshíthirtyoutside the top 5,000
四十 sìshífortyoutside the top 5,000
五十 wǔshífiftyoutside the top 5,000
六十 liùshísixtyoutside the top 5,000
七十 qīshíseventyoutside the top 5,000
八十 bāshíeightyoutside the top 5,000
九十 jiǔshíninetyoutside the top 5,000
一百 yìbǎione hundredoutside the top 5,000
千 qiānthousandoutside the top 5,000
百万 bǎiwànmillionoutside the top 5,000
十亿 shíyìbillionoutside the top 5,000

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