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GRAMMAR: Learn About Chinese Numbers Over 1000 - From Ten Thousands, Millions, To Billions.
In this HSK 3 video lesson we'll learn how to say bigger numbers in Chinese - numbers over 1000, from ten thousands, millions and billions. We will be using the following number units:
- 万 (wàn ▸ ten thousands)
- 十万(wàn ▸ 100 thousands)
- 百万 (wàn ▸ million)
- 千万(wàn ▸ ten millions)
- 亿(yì ▸ 100 millions)
- 十亿(shí yì ▸ billion)
GRAMMAR
Summary. 中文数字
Zhōngwén Shùzì ▸ Chinese Numbers
See also 一~九十九 (yī~jiǔ shí jiǔ ▸ 1 ~ 99).
See also 零 (líng ▸ zero).
See also 百、千 (bǎi、qiān ▸ hundread, thousand).
Grammar 1. 一千以上的中文数字
Yì qiān yǐshàng de Zhōngwén shùzì▸ Chinese Numbers over 1000
| 1 | 1 | 一 | yī |
| 10 | 10 | 十 | shí |
| 100 | 100 | 一百 | yì bǎi |
| 1,000 | 1000 | 一千 | yì qiān |
| 10,000 | 1,0000 | 一万 | yí wàn |
| 100,000 | 10,0000 | 十万 | shí wàn |
| 1,000,000 | 100,0000 | 一百万 | yì bǎi wàn |
| 10,000,000 | 1000,0000 | 一千万 | yì qiān wàn |
| 100,000,000 | 1,0000,0000 | 一亿 | yí yì |
| 1,000,000,000 | 10,0000,0000 | 十亿 | shí yì |
| 10,000,000,000 | 100,0000,0000 | 一百亿 | yì bǎi yì |
| 100,000,000,000 | 1000,0000,0000 | 一千亿 | yì qiān yì |
| 1,000,000,000,000 | 1,0000,0000,0000 | 一万亿 | yí wàn yì |
| Units Used in Chinese Numbers | ||||||||
| 亿 | 千万 | 百万 | 十万 | 万 | 千 | 百 | 十 | 个 |
| yì | qiānwàn | bǎiwàn | shíwàn | wàn | qiān | bǎi | shí | gè |
| hundred millions | ten millions | millions | hundred tousand | ten thousands | thousands | hundreds | tens | ones place |
Grammar 2. 有"万"的中文数字
Yǒu "wàn" de Zhōngwén shùzì▸ Chinese Numbers With "万"
Let's see some examples:
- liǎng wàn
两万
two “wan”
20,000 - èr shí wàn
二十万
twenty “wan”
200,000 - liǎng bǎi wàn
两百万
two hundred “wan”
2,000,000 - liǎng qiān wàn
两千万
two thousand “wan”
20,000,000 - sān qiān sì bǎi wàn
三千四百万
3400 “wan”
34,000,000 - jiǔ qiān qī bǎi liù shí wǔ wàn
九千七百六十五万
9765 “wan”
97,650,000 - sì Qian bā bǎi èr shí sān wàn liù qiān wǔ bǎi qī shí yī
四千八百二十三万六千五百七十一
4823 “wan” (and) 6571
48,236,571
Grammar 3. "零"的用法
"Líng" de yòngfǎ ▸ Usage of "零"
See also How to use 零 in numbers.
When there is one or more than one zero inbetween two numbers, we read it as 零(líng ▸ zero).
Let's see some examples:
| 20100 | 两万零一百 |
liǎng wàn líng yì bǎi
|
| 30090 | 三万零九十 |
sān wàn líng jiǔ shí
|
| 8030700 | 八百零三万零七百 |
bā bǎi líng sān wàn líng qī bǎi
|
| 8030090 | 八百零三万零九十 |
bā bǎi líng sān wàn líng jiǔ shí
|
| 50028004 | 五千零二万八千零四 |
wǔ qiān líng èr wàn bā qiān líng sì
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Grammar 4. 有"亿"的中文数字
Let's see some examples:
- yí yì
一亿
one “yi”
100,000,000 - liǎng yì
两亿
two “yi”
200,000,000 - èr shí yì
二十亿
twenty “yi”
2,000,000,000 - liǎng bǎi yì
èrbǎi yì
两百亿
二百亿
two hundred “yi”
20,000,000,000 - liǎng qiān yì
两千亿
two thousand “yi”
200,000,000,000 - liǎng wàn yì
两万亿
20000 “yi”
2,000,000,000,000 - qī wàn liǎng qiān liù bǎi sì shí wǔ yì
七万两千六百四十五亿
72645 “yi”
7,264,500,000,000