By now you should have learned ten Chinese characters which are one to ten. Now it's time to learn a few more.
| zero | 零 | líng | ||
| hundred | 百 | băi | ||
| thousand | 千 | qiān | ||
| ten thousand | 万 | wàn | ||
| hundred million | 亿 | yì | ||
| trillion | 兆 | zhào | ||
Note that there is no word for "million" in Chinese, it is called "百万".
Similarly there is no word for "billion" in Chinese, it is called "十亿".
Numbers more than one hundred
| 101 | one hundred and one | 一百零一 | ||
| 102 | one hundred and two | 一百零二 | ||
| 110 | one hundred and ten | 一百一十 | ||
| 111 | one hundred and eleven | 一百一十一 | ||
| 115 | one hundred and fifteen | 一百一十五 | ||
| 120 | one hundred and twenty | 一百二十 | ||
| 122 | one hundred and twenty two | 一百二十二 | ||
| 160 | one hundred and sixty | 一百六十 | ||
| 190 | one hundred and ninety | 一百九十 | ||
| 199 | one hundred and ninety nine | 一百九十九 | ||
For numbers like 101, 109, 1002, 1205, where the "tenth" is zero, the word “零” has to be present. If not it will be confusing, eg. when we say 一百一, it can be 101 or 110.
For number like 110, 111, it can also be 一百十 (or 一百一十)， 一百十一 (or 一百一十一).
| 200 | two hundred | 两百 | ||
| 204 | two hundred and four | 两百零四 | ||
| 208 | two hundred and eight | 两百零八 | ||
| 212 | two hundred and twelve | 两百一十二 | ||
| 220 | two hundred and twenty | 两百二十 | ||
| 888 | eight hundred and eighty eight | 八百八十八 | ||
| 991 | nine hundred and ninety one | 九百九十一 | ||
In Chinese language, both “二” and “两” mean "two". In counting numbers, only when we say "two", "twelve", twenty", we use “二”. In numbers like "twenty thousand", we also use the word “二” because it is said as "twenty". When used in hundred, thousand, million and larger numbers, “两” is used as "two". See the examples involving "two" below for better understanding.
| 1000 | one thousand | 一千 | ||
| 1005 | one thousand and five | 一千零五 | ||
| 1010 | one thousand and ten | 一千零一十 | ||
| 1050 | one thousand and fifty | 一千零五十 | ||
| 1084 | one thousand and eighty four | 一千零八十四 | ||
| 1600 | one thousand and six hundred | 一千六百 | ||
| 1230 | one thousand two hundred and thirty | 一千两百三十 | ||
| 1369 | one thousand three hundred and sixty nine | 一千三百六十九 | ||
| 2000 | two thousand | 两千 | ||
| 2022 | two thousand and twenty two | 两千零二十二 | ||
| 2222 | two thousand two hundred and twenty two | 两千两百二十二 | ||
| 4222 | four thousand two hundred and twenty two | 四千两百二十二 | ||
Please study how “二” and “两” is used in all the examples here.
For larger numbers more than ten thousand, the same principle applies.
| 10,000 | ten thousand | 一万 | ||
| 20,000 | twenty thousand | 两万 | ||
| 22,222 | twenty two thousand two hundred and twenty two | 两万两千两百二十二 | ||
| 60,470 | sixty thousand four hundred and seventy | 六万四百七十 | ||
| 100,000 | one hundred thousand | 十万 | ||
| 100,007 | one hundred thousand and seven | 十万零七 | ||
| 100,040 | one hundred thousand and forty | 十万四十 | ||
| 212,000 | two hundred and twelve thousand | 二十一万两千 | ||
| 566,000 | five hundred and sixty six thousand | 五十六万六千 | ||
| 220,400 | two hundred twenty thousand four hundred | 二十二万四百 | ||
| 482,351 | four hundred eighty two thousand three hundred and fifty one | 四十八万两千三百五十一 | ||
| 1,000,000 | one million | 一百万 | ||
| 20,000,000 | twenty million | 两千万 | ||
| 500,000,000 | five hundred million | 五亿 | ||
| 1,000,000,000 | one billion | 十亿 | ||
| 3,000,000,000 | three billion | 三十亿 | ||
| 10,000,000,000 | ten billion | 一百亿 | ||
| 90,000,000,000 | ninety billion | 九百亿 | ||
| 100,000,000,000 | one hundred billion | 一千亿 | ||
| 1,000,000,000,000 | one trillion | 一兆 | ||
The chart below summarize the Chinese & English term by the number of zeros.
Please note that two "0" means "100", six "0" means "1 000 000" and so on.
| No. of “0” | Chn | Eng | ||
| No 0 | 个 | |||
| One 0 | 十 | |||
| Two 0 | 百 | hundred | ||
| Three 0 | 千 | thousand | ||
| Four 0 | 万 | |||
| Five 0 | 十万 | |||
| Six 0 | 百万 | million | ||
| Seven 0 | 千万 | |||
| Eight 0 | 亿 | |||
| Nine 0 | 十亿 | billion | ||
| Ten 0 | 百亿 | |||
| Eleven 0 | 千亿 | |||
| Twelve 0 | 兆 | trillion | ||
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