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How can I remember Chinese numbers?

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Godspeed Chen is a Professional Translator from China. He has been working in translation and localization for over 15 years.

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The Arabic digits 0-9 are commonly used by Chinese speakers instead of the Chinese characters. Because of this, you can focus more on pronunciation instead of character memorization when you're first starting to learn Mandarin.

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How do you say "mom," "dad" and "sister" in Chinese?

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Mom is "ma ma"; Dad is "ba ba"; older sister is "jie jie" (pronounced je-je); younger sister is "mei mei" (may-may).

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How do I say "well done"?

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"Zuo de Hao" is how you say "well done" in Chinese.

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How do I count to 100 in Chinese?

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Practice! Make index cards and study them! It is truly the most efficient way to learn Mandarin. You can use Google translate to learn the numbers.

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How do I count to one hundred in Chinese?

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Cardinal numbers in Chinese follow an unary construct in a descending order, i.e. each number is named from the highest digit down to the lowest non-zero digit. Counting from 0 to 100 therefore consists of 2 steps, or n steps for n being the number of digits. Step 1: naming the lowest digit. 0 - ling; 1 - yi; 2 - er; 3 - san; 4 - si; 5 - wu; 6 - liu; 7 - ch'i (qi); 8 - ba; 9 - chiu (jiu). Step 2: naming the higher digit(s). 10 - shih (shi); 100 - bai. Any digits above the basic unit (0-9) are named the digit number followed by its positional value, e.g. 93 will be named "chiu(9)-shih(10)-san(3)". 100 is pronounced "yi-bai".

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How do I say yes and no in Chinese?

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Yes is "shi," pronounced like "she." No is "mei you", pronounced like "mayo" as in mayonnaise.

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How to say "how are you?" in Chinese?

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"Ni hao ma", pronounced "knee how ma". Ni means you, hao means good and since Chinese is a tonal language, they use the word ma to indicate a question. Ni Hao means "hello", put a "ma" behind it and it becomes "how are you?"

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How do I say thank you in Mandarin Chinese?

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Thank you in Mandarin Chinese is 谢谢. It’s pinyin is xie xie, with downward tones on both characters.

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How do I say "I like you"?

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I like you in Chinese is 我喜欢你. In pinyin, it’s pronounced wǒ xǐ huān nǐ. This doesn’t mean I love you, it just means I like you.

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How do you write 57,600,6720?

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五亿七千六百万六千七百二十. 十 means ten (二十 means 20 or literally two ten), 百 is hundred, 千 is thousand, 万 is 10 thousand, 十万 100 thousand (or literally 10 10 thousand), 百万 million (or literally 100 10 thousand), 千万 10 million (or literally 1000 10 thousand) and 亿 100 million.

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