THE CARDAVAL NUMBERS a a- 3/23/2024 People avoid the number four for their phone numbers and addresses. Many buildings skip all the floors with the number in them including 4, 14, and 24. Some skyscrapers won't even have the floors 40-49. Fourteen - The number fourteen is very unlucky because it sounds like "want to die" in Chinese. THE CARDINAL NUMBERS Numbers are one of the most important parts of human speech and communication. Like English andother languages, numbers in Chinese are based on original terms from one through ten, and then combinations of these terms. 2azr. n Se 7as w SEP nes SS ae Se3/23/2024 CARDINAL NUMBERS > ARE NUMBERS THAT ARE USED FOR COUNTING REAL OBJECTS OR COUNTING THINGS. > THEY ARE ALSO KNOWN AS “counting numbers” or “cardinals” . CARDINAL P.. wmmana CHART3/23/2024 BRM he oa = mm PK ia : : 1s ne a 4 KR Ke CHINESE NUMBERS: 10-99 + shi10 i+— érshiyi 21 =+ érshi 20 = ershi'ér 22 + sanshi 30 érshisan 23 sanshi'ér 32 B+ sishi 40 érshisi 24 Ei sishiwt 45 Etwishiso <+Kershiwu25 H+ wishiqi 57 7+ lidshi 60 =r ershilis 26 = A+ liushijid 69 t+ qgishi'70 =+t érshiqi 27 ++ qish?ér 72 J\+ bashi 80 =t/\ érshiba 28 — /\+ bashiwi 85 jitshi 90 =thershijit 29 — A+/\ jidshgid 99 ‘ato onttenryoualanguagecory Mires UW ANTelty Cc3/23/2024 20- 30 21-érshi yi3/23/2024 100- yibai 101- yibailingyi 200- erbai 201- erbailingyi 300- sanbai 400 sibai St at 4h OO Se Se 500- wubai 600- liubai 700- qibai 800-babai 900- jiubai 1000- yigian3/23/2024 Bi (erbd of PRES (liéngbai)— “two hundred (200)” (both are right) ‘Bi (sanbai)—"three hundred (300)" MF (sibai)~ “four hundred (400)" +E (wabdi)— “five hundred (500)" “7B (li0ba) ~"sbx hundred (600)" “+H (qibai)— “seven hundred (700)" +/\Bi (baba) - "eight hundred (800)" “AUB (tuba) — “nine hundred (900)" 1,000 yigian 10,000 B wan 100,000 +5 sshiwan 1,000,000, a5 vidal wan 110,000,000 FB 100,000,000 Z i 1,000,000,000 +2 shiyt3/23/2024 What are Chinese Ordinal Numbers? Chinese Ordinal Numbers are defining number positions in a series such as frst, second, third and so on. first second third fourth, ith Sheath Seventh Signin ier tenth eleventh lo}oNJo}a}a}ujo|. twelfth thirteenth fourteenth fifteenth.3/23/2024 What are Chinese Ordinal Numbers? Chinese Ordinal Numbers are defining number positions in a series such as first, second, third and so on.THE ORDINAL NUMBERS ARE CREATED BY ADDING THE PREFIX di {DEE} TO THE CARDINAL NUMBERS. 18 diyi : 2 dier a disan an isi Sy diwu em diliu a digi sm diba 3/23/20243/23/2024 ” aie 10" dish ns dishiy! 12" dishier 19" dishison a" dishist 1s dishiwe eS dijiu t Dishi ak Dishiyi ah Dishier ah Dishisan att Dishisi ay dishiwu roe3/23/2024 One hatt One quarter Disanshi Diwushi Yiban si fen zhi yi COUNTING THINGS THINGS ''M_THANRFUL FOR3/23/2024 sgeeeo eww st COUNTING THINGS csnieocenalia The Chinese language uses special indicators, or “measured words” for counting things, based on what they are-—- people, flat things, round things, animals, fish, ete There are over a dozen such terms, so keeping them straight, and using them properly, can be a problem for the beginner. 13COUNTING THINGS The most common of these indicator, ge- guh, can be used when you are uncertain ‘about which one to use. 1d the nouns they apply to. The “measure words" go between the numbers an HERE IS A LIST OF THE MOST COMMON ONES: "ben (bern)- used when counting books 3/23/20243/23/2024 | HAVE THREE BOOKS Wo you san ben shu Ci( tsu) used when counting the number of times something occurs Frese ea 153/23/2024 Ke- (ker) used when counting trees ONE TREE mo otigt3/23/2024 Suo- (swoh)- used when counting buildings and houses. Site ATS, Fe) THREE HOUSES San suo Gf 2 73/23/2024 Tiao- (tee-ow)- used when counting large, long, slender objects like telephone poles DP Ee FOUR PENCILS Si-tiao3/23/2024 Zhang- (jahng) used when counting flat things like pieces of paper he TWO SHEETS OF PAPER Er Zhang _3/23/2024 Wan (wahn)- used when referring to bowls and things that come in bowls SIX BOWLS LIU WAN 20 |Zhi- used when counting small, round objects like pencils and sticks SEVENTEEN STICKS © SHIQI ZHI De itt itp itp tm Pa | 3/23/2024 213/23/2024 PING (peeng)- used for counting bottles and bottled things TWO BOTTLES3/23/2024 REN- USED WHEN COUNTING PEOPLE NINE PERSONS Jiu-ge ren ENRP EREBEI- USED FOR COUNTING GLASSES OF WATER oye ae GLASSES OFW WATER "San in bei shui 1 \ | / \ ae / \ / 3/23/2024