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For number '11' all you have do do is say the number 10 and 1.
For number '12' it's simply 10 and 2.
This continues up to number 19
Eleven
shíyī
十一
Twelve
shí'èr
十二
Nineteen
shíjiǔ
十九
When we reach number '20' we say "2 multiples of 10". So 30 is "3 and 10" etc.
Twenty
èrshí
二十
Fifty
wǔshí
五十
Ninety
jiǔshí
九十
For number '21' we say "2 multiples of 10 and then 1". So 63 is "6, 10, 3" etc.
Twenty-one
èrshíyī
二十一
Sixty-three
liùshísān
六十三
Eighty-nine
bāshíjiǔ
八十九
The word for 'hundred' is "bǎi" so 100 is "1 and bǎi". However when saying "two hundred", there are two ways to express the number 2: "èr" and "liǎng".
One hundred
yī bǎi
一百
Two hundred
èr bǎi / liǎng bǎi
二百 / 两百
Five hundred
wǔ bǎi
五百
For number 725 it's "700" and then 25 is "2, 10, 5"
Seven hundred and twenty-five
qī bǎi èrshíwǔ
七百二十五
297 is expressed as "200 and then 9, 10, 7"
Two hundred and ninety-seven
liǎng bǎi jiǔshíqī
两百九十七
One hundred and six
yī bǎi líng wǔ
一百零五
When counting past 100, if the second digit is lower than 10, for example 105 or 603 etc., then we must say the number zero, which is "líng".
One hundred and six
liù bǎi líng sān
六百零三
One thousand
yī qiān
一千
Two
èr
二
Three
sān
三
Four
sì
四
Five
wǔ
无
Six
liù
六
Seven
qī
七
Eight
bā
八
Ten
shí
十
Nine
jiǔ
九
One
yī
一
