Mandarin: Numbers 1-20
20 cards
20 cards
Mandarin
yī
English
1
yī (EE)我有一只猫 (wǒ yǒu yī zhī māo) — I have one cat💡 一 is a single horizontal stroke — one line for one!
Mandarin
èr
English
2
èr (AR)一加一等于二 (yī jiā yī děngyú èr) — One plus one equals two💡 二 has two horizontal strokes — two lines for two!
Mandarin
sān
English
3
sān (SAHN)桌子上有三本书 (zhuōzi shàng yǒu sān běn shū) — There are three books on the table💡 三 has three horizontal strokes — easy to count!
Mandarin
sì
English
4
sì (SUH)一年有四个季节 (yī nián yǒu sì gè jìjié) — A year has four seasons💡 四 looks like a window with four panes!
Mandarin
wǔ
English
5
wǔ (WOO)我的手有五个手指 (wǒ de shǒu yǒu wǔ gè shǒuzhǐ) — My hand has five fingers
Mandarin
liù
English
6
liù (LEE-OH)他每天六点起床 (tā měitiān liù diǎn qǐchuáng) — He gets up at six every day💡 六 looks a bit like a person doing a handstand
Mandarin
qī
English
7
qī (CHEE)一周有七天 (yī zhōu yǒu qī tiān) — A week has seven days
Mandarin
bā
English
8
bā (BAH)这个苹果八块钱 (zhège píngguǒ bā kuài qián) — This apple costs eight yuan💡 8 is the luckiest number in Chinese — sounds like 'prosperity'!
Mandarin
jiǔ
English
9
jiǔ (JEE-OH)猫有九条命 (māo yǒu jiǔ tiáo mìng) — Cats have nine lives💡 Sounds like 久 (jiǔ) meaning 'long lasting' — lucky number!
Mandarin
shí
English
10
shí (SHIR)她今年十岁 (tā jīnnián shí suì) — She is ten years old this year💡 十 looks like a plus sign (+) — add up to ten!
Mandarin
shí yī
English
11
shí yī (SHIR EE)现在十一点了 (xiànzài shí yī diǎn le) — It is eleven o'clock now💡 十一 = ten + one — Chinese numbers are logical!
Mandarin
shí èr
English
12
shí èr (SHIR AR)一年有十二个月 (yī nián yǒu shí èr gè yuè) — A year has twelve months
Mandarin
shí sān
English
13
shí sān (SHIR SAHN)他十三岁了 (tā shí sān suì le) — He is thirteen years old
Mandarin
shí sì
English
14
shí sì (SHIR SUH)今天是十四号 (jīntiān shì shí sì hào) — Today is the fourteenth
Mandarin
shí wǔ
English
15
shí wǔ (SHIR WOO)还有十五分钟 (hái yǒu shí wǔ fēnzhōng) — There are still fifteen minutes left💡 Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th of the lunar month!
Mandarin
shí liù
English
16
shí liù (SHIR LEE-OH)她有十六支铅笔 (tā yǒu shí liù zhī qiānbǐ) — She has sixteen pencils
Mandarin
shí qī
English
17
shí qī (SHIR CHEE)我家有十七本书 (wǒ jiā yǒu shí qī běn shū) — My home has seventeen books
Mandarin
shí bā
English
18
shí bā (SHIR BAH)他十八岁了 (tā shí bā suì le) — He is eighteen years old💡 18 is extra lucky — ten (十) plus eight (八)!
Mandarin
shí jiǔ
English
19
shí jiǔ (SHIR JEE-OH)我坐十九路公共汽车 (wǒ zuò shí jiǔ lù gōnggòng qìchē) — I take bus number nineteen
Mandarin
èr shí
English
20
èr shí (AR SHIR)我们班有二十个学生 (wǒmen bān yǒu èr shí gè xuéshēng) — Our class has twenty students💡 二十 = two tens — Chinese math is transparent!