Mandarin Chinese Grammar for Pimsleur Students/Numbers

Mandarin Chinese Grammar for Pimsleur Students NOUNS - Pronouns - Nouns - Proper nouns VERBS - Activity verbs - Adjectival stative verbs - Non-adjectival stative verbs - Yes/No answers - Past tense - Future tense OTHERS - Negation - Questions - Adverbs - Conjunctions - Prepositions - Numbers - Phrases

Numbers

Number names

一	yī	1
二/两	èr/liăng	2
三	sān	3
四	sì	4
五	wŭ	5
六	liù	6
七	qī	7
八	bā	8
九	jiŭ	9
十	shí	10
十一	shí yī	11
二十	èr shí	20
二十一	èr shí yī	21
一百	yī băi	100
一千	yī qiān	1,000
两千	liăng qiān	2,000

Measure words (classifiers)

个	gè	general classifier	persons, hours, flights, etc.
杯	bēi	glass, cup	beverages such as water, tea, beer etc.
顿	dùn	meal	meals
家	jiā	house	businesses, families, etc.
块	kuài	unit	currencies such as renmingbi, dollar, etc.
条	tiáo	long thin things	ribbons, rivers, roads, trousers, etc.

Time

一点钟	yī diăn zhōng	1 o'clock
两点钟	liăng diăn zhōng	2 o'clock
三点钟	sān diăn zhōng	3 o'clock

Money

Currencies:

港币	găngbì	Hong Kong dollar
美金	měi jīn	U. S. dollar
人民币	rénmínbì	Chinese currency (Renminbi, RMB)

Examples:

一块人民币	yī kuài rénmíngbì	1 (unit) RMB
两块美金	liăng kuài měi jīn	2 (units) U. S. dollars
你有多少人民币 ?	nĭ yŏu duōshăo rénmíngbì?	How many RMB do you have?
我有一点儿人民币 ◦	wŏ yŏu yìdiăn'r rénmíngbì.	I have some RMB.

Math

加

jiā

plus

Examples:

三加三是多少 ?

sān jiā sān shì duōshăo?

How much is 3 plus 3?