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Audio of below example sentences (Taiwan accent)
Chinese Number chart
There is no unit for "million", and "billion" in Chinese.
1 ；一；yī
2 ；二；èr
3 ；三；sān
4 ；四；sì
5 ；五；wǔ
6 ；六；liù
7 ；七；qī
8 ；八；bā
9 ；九；jiǔ
10；十；shí
100；一百；yì bǎi
1,000；一千；yì qiān
10,000；一萬[万]；yí wàn
100,000,000；一億[亿]；yí yì
1,000,000,000,000；一兆；yí zhào
When number is "hundreds" or more
11；十一；shí yī
110；一百一十；yì bǎi yī shí
101；一百零一；yì bǎi líng yī
111；一百一十一；yì bǎi yī shí yī
1,110；一千一百一十；yì qiān yì bǎi yī shí
11,011；一萬一千零一十一；
yí wàn yī qiān líng yī shí yī
11,111；一萬一千一百一十一；
Rule 2
For numbers who are hundred, thousand, million, billion, trillion, if the following digit is zero, you just need to read zero without repeat the name of unit.
Wrong way：
Wrong way：
Wrong way：
11,111；一萬一千一百一十一；
yí wàn yī qiān yī bǎi yī shí yī
111,000,111；一億一千一百萬零一百一十一；
111,000,111；一億一千一百萬零一百一十一；
yí yì yī qiān yī bǎi wàn líng yī bǎi yī shí yī
101,010,111；一億零一百零一萬零一百一十一；
101,010,111；一億零一百零一萬零一百一十一；
yí yì líng yī bǎi líng yī wàn líng yī bǎi yī shí yī
111,111,111；一億一千一百一十一萬一千一百一十一；
111,111,111；一億一千一百一十一萬一千一百一十一；
yí yì yī qiān yī bǎi yī shí yī wàn yī qiān yī bǎi yī shí yī
Rule 1
If it's under ten , no need to use 零 líng.
Rule 1
If it's under ten , no need to use 零 líng.
e.g.
10；十；shí
Wrong way：
10；十零；shí líng
Rule 2
For numbers who are hundred, thousand, million, billion, trillion, if the following digit is zero, you just need to read zero without repeat the name of unit.
e.g.
11,011；一萬一千零一十一；
yí wàn yī qiān líng yī shí yī
Wrong way：
1,011；一萬一千零百一十一；
yí wàn yī qiān líng bǎi yī shí y
Rule 3
According point 2, if following digits are zero, you just need to read 1 zero without repeat zeros.
Rule 3
According point 2, if following digits are zero, you just need to read 1 zero without repeat zeros.
e.g.
10,010；一萬零一十；
yí wàn líng yī shí
Wrong way：
10,010；一萬零千零百一十；
yí wàn líng qiān líng bǎi yī shí
Wrong way：
10,010；一萬零零一十；
yí wàn líng líng yī shí
→if the rear word is 1st, 2nd, or 3rd tone ,speak as 「yì」.
→if the rear word is 4th tone ,speak as 「yí」.
e.g.
一百 yī bǎi → yì bǎi
一千 yī qiān → yì qiān
一萬 yī wàn → yí wàn
一億 yī yì → yí yì
一兆 yī zhào → yí zhào
Way to pronounce 「一 yī」
There are some rules to pronounce 「一 yī」
There are some rules to pronounce 「一 yī」
Change tone of「一 yī」based on the tone of the rear character：
→if the rear word is 1st, 2nd, or 3rd tone ,speak as 「yì」.
→if the rear word is 4th tone ,speak as 「yí」.
e.g.
一百 yī bǎi → yì bǎi
一千 yī qiān → yì qiān
一萬 yī wàn → yí wàn
一億 yī yì → yí yì
一兆 yī zhào → yí zhào
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