LESSON NOTES

Basic Bootcamp S1 #4
Numbers 1 to 100 in Chinese

CONTENTS
2 Simplified Chinese
2 Traditional Chinese
2 Pinyin
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
5 Grammar
6 Cultural Insight

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 SIMPLIFIED CHINESE

1. 一，二，三，四，五，六，七，八，九，十

2. 二十，三十，四十，五十，六十，七十，八十，九十，一百

TRADITIONAL CHINESE

1. 一，二，三，四，五，六，七，八，九，十

2. 二十，三十，四十，五十，六十，七十，八十，九十，一百

PINYIN

1. yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ, liù, qī, bā, jiǔ, shí

2. èrshí, sānshí, sìshí, wǔshí, liùshí, qīshí, bāshí, jiǔshí, yī bǎi

ENGLISH

1. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

2. 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100

VOCABULARY

S implifie d Tr aditional Pinyin English

二 二 èr two

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 九十 九十 jiǔshí ninety

八十 八十 bāshí eighty

七十 七十 qīshí seventy

六十 六十 liùshí sixty

五十 五十 wǔshí fifty

四十 四十 sìshí forty

三十 三十 sānshí thirty

二十 二十 èrshí twenty

十 十 shí ten

九 九 jiǔ nine

八 八 bā eight

七 七 qī seven

六 六 liù six

五 五 wǔ five

四 四 sì four

三 三 sān three

一 一 yī one

一百 一百 yī bǎi 100

SAMPLE SENTENCES

我家在二楼。 那个老爷爷九十岁。
Wǒ jiā zài èrlóu. Nàgè lǎo yéye jiùshí suì.

My home is on the second floor. That old grandpa is 90 years old.

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八十块可以吗? 外面七十度。
Bāshí kuài kěyǐ má? Wàimian qīshí dù.

Is eighty RMB OK? It's 70 degrees outside.

借给我六十块,可以吗? 我妈妈五十岁。
Jiè gěi wǒ liù shí kuài, kěyǐ ma? Wǒ māma wǔshí suì.

Could you lend me sixty RMB? My mom is fifty years old.

我们班有四十个学生。 我需要三十秒。
Wǒmen bān yǒu sìshí ge xuésheng. Wǒ xūyào sānshí miǎo.

Our class has forty students. I need 30 seconds.

我们班只有二十个学生。 现在十点钟。
Wǒmen bān zhǐyǒu èrshí ge xuésheng. Xiànzài shí diǎn zhōng.

Our class has only twenty students. It's ten o'clock now.

他爸爸一九八九年来美国。 他住在八楼。
Tā bàba yī jiǔ bā jiǔ nián lái Měiguó. Tā zhùzài bā lóu.

His dad came to America in 1989. He lives on the eighth floor.

我们的公司有七个人。 我女儿六岁。
Wǒmen de gōngsī yǒu qī gè rén. Wǒ nǚ'ér liù suì.

There are seven people in our company. My daughter is six years old.

给我五块钱就好。 我有四个孩子。
Gěi wǒ wǔ kuài jiù hǎo. Wǒ yǒu sì gè háizi.

Give me five RMB, that's fine. I have four children.

他有三个孩子。 他给我一本书。
Tā yǒu sān ge háizi. Tā gěi wǒ yī běn shū.

He has three children. He gave me a book.

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这个大楼有一百年的历史。
Zhègè dàlóu yǒu yībǎi nián de lìshǐ.

This building has 100 years of history.

GRAMMAR

The Focus of this Lesson is the Numbers 1 to 100 in Chinese.

6 10
1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9
liù shí
yī èr sān sì wǔ qī bā jiǔ
六 十
一 二 三 四 五 七 八 九

30
100
50 60 80 90
10 20 40 70 yī
sānsh
shí èrshí sìshí qīshí bǎi
í wǔshí liùshí bāshí jiǔshí
十 二十 三十 四十 七十 一百
五十 六十 八十 九十

Some More Numbers Discussed in the Lesson

21
èr shí yī
二十一

23
èr shí sān
二十三

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65
liù shí wǔ
六十五

88
bā shí bā
八十八

39
sān shí jiǔ
三十九

44
sì shí sì
四十四

19
shí jiǔ
十九

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Finding Meaning in Numbers

The Chinese are quite superstitious about numbers, believing some to be auspicious, and
others to be avoided as very unlucky. This originates from the fact that a lot of Chinese words
are homophones. Some numbers have pronunciations that are similar to other words with
different meanings-words that have either good or bad connotations.

For example, the number 4 is believed to be very unlucky and avoided whenever possible.
The reason is that the pronunciation of the number 4 (四 'sì') in Chinese is very similar in
sound to the word for "death" (死 'sǐ'). The words are phonetically identical; they only differ in
tone.

On the other hand, the word for 8 (八'bā') sounds very similar to the word for "prosper" or
"wealth" (发 'fā'), and therefore is considered very lucky. This is evidenced by the date the

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Chinese chose for the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games: 2008-08-08.

Because of the supposed auspiciousness of certain numbers, some Chinese people will
even pay large sums of money for phone numbers, street addresses, vehicle license plate
numbers, or bank account numbers that they feel are lucky.

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