1. Chinese Numbers 周 游 You Zhou
周 游
You Zhou
Hanban Chinese Teacher Confucius Institute at Edge Hill University

2. Warm-up Chant: Chinese Numbers (0-10)

3. 0零 líng

4. 1 一 yī

5. 2 二 èr

6. 3 三 sān

7. 4 四 sì

8. 5 五 wǔ

9. 6 六 liù

10. 7 七 qī

11. 8 八 bā

12. 9 九 jiǔ

13. 10 十 shí

14. líng yī 零 wǔ 一 五 èr 二
sān sì 三 四

15. liù qī bā 七 八 六
jiǔ 九
shí 十

16. Activity1
Sing the Chinese number song.

17. Number song with English music
Sing the number song.
Yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ, Nǐ hǎo。Nǐ hǎo ma? Wǒ hěn hǎo。
One, two, three, four, five, Hello. How are you? I am very well.
liù, qī, bā, jiǔ, shí, Xiè xie。Bù yòng xiè。Zài jiàn。
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, Thanks. You are welcome. Bye-bye.

18. Activity2 Let’s count from 0 to 10 together
Let’s count from 0 to 10 to each other
Let’s count from 0 to 10,and every person count one number.
Count how many…

19. 一 yī 二 èr 三 sān 四 sì 五 wǔ 6. 六 liù 7. 七 qī 8. 八 bā 9. 九 jiǔ 10.十 shí
数字 numbers
一 yī
二 èr
三 sān
四 sì
五 wǔ
6. 六 liù
7. 七 qī
8. 八 bā
9. 九 jiǔ
10.十 shí

20. Yi 一 ba 八
Liu 六 Si 四
Shi 十 Er 二 Qi 七
ling 零 wu 五
Jiu 九 Ba
San 三
shi

21. Activity4 Find the neighbours of the numbers
Eg. One person says 4, and the person next to him/her says 3 and 5

22. 一 yī 二 èr 三 sān 四 sì 五 wǔ 6. 六 liù 7. 七 qī 8. 八 bā 9. 九 jiǔ 10.十 shí
数字 numbers
一 yī
二 èr
三 sān
四 sì
五 wǔ
6. 六 liù
7. 七 qī
8. 八 bā
9. 九 jiǔ
10.十 shí

23. Activity5 Reverse the order of the numbers
Eg. One person says 234, and the person next to him/her says 432
Eg. One person says , and the person next to him/her says

24. 一 yī 二 èr 三 sān 四 sì 五 wǔ 6. 六 liù 7. 七 qī 8. 八 bā 9. 九 jiǔ 10.十 shí
数字 numbers
一 yī
二 èr
三 sān
四 sì
五 wǔ
6. 六 liù
7. 七 qī
8. 八 bā
9. 九 jiǔ
10.十 shí

25. Activity6
Say the numbers on the cards to your friends in random order.

26. Activity7:please say it loud as soon as the figure’s been enlarged.8 10 4 9 7 10 2 5 1 1 4 4 1 8 9 2 7 3 9 7 5 2 1 3 4 6 9 3 5 6 8 6 7 7 2 9 8 3 6 10 4 3 8

27. Activity8 To calculate Plus 加 jiā Minus 减 jiǎn
Eg. One person says 2(èr) 加 4 (sì), and the other people say 6 (liù)
Eg. One person says 8 (bā)减 3 (sān), and the other people say 5 (wǔ)

29. duō shǎo
多 少 How many…?
七 qī

30. duō shǎo
多 少 How many…?
六 liù
six

31. duō shǎo
多 少 How many…?
five
五 wǔ

32. duō shǎo
多 少 How many…?
two
二 èr

33. duō shǎo
多 少 How many…?
八 bā
eight

34. duō shǎo
多 少 How many…?
four
四 sì

35. duō shǎo
多 少 How many…?
nine
九 jiǔ

36. duō shǎo
多 少 How many…?
七 qī
seven

37. 11-19 14 15 16 17 18 19 11=10+1 十一 shí wǔ shí sì 十二 12=10+2 shí liù
shíyī 十一
11=10+1
shí wǔ
shí sì 14 15
shíèr 十二
12=10+2
shí liù
shí qī
shísān 十三
13=10+3 16 17
shí bā
shí jiǔ 18 19

38. 20-90
20= 2×10
30 = 3×10
40 = 4×10
50 = 5×10
60 = 6×10
70 = 7×10
80 = 8×10
90 = 9×10
èr shí
sān shí
sì shí
wǔ shí
liù shí
qī shí
bā shí
jiǔ shí

39. 。。。 。。。 100 一百 yī bǎi shí èrshí sānshí sìshí wǔshí liùshí qīshí bāshí
jiǔshí
shíyī
shíbā 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
11=10+1 十一 = 十八
22= 二十二 = 二十五
37=30+7 三十七 = 三十九
èr shí èr
èr shí wǔ
sān shí qī
sān shí jiǔ
。。。
。。。
100 一百 yī bǎi

40. Activity9
Let’s count from 0 to 100, every person count one number.

41. èｒ ｓｈí ｓāｎ 23 44 57 35 62 83 99 79

42. 语言点Language Points 2.百以内的数字 Number below 100 1 yī 2 èr 3 sān 4 sì 5 wǔ
6 liù
7 qī
8 bā
9 jiǔ
10 shí
20 èrshí
30 sānshí
40 sìshí
50 wǔshí
60 liùshí
70 qīshí
80 bāshí
90 jiǔshí 23
èrshísān 56
wǔshíliù 88
bāshíbā 99
jiǔshíjiǔ

43. Warm-up
Please think about the following questions before enjoying the video.
1. What numbers are lucky ones? Why?
2. What numbers are unlucky ones? Why?

44. Superstitions in Number

45. Lucky Number
In Chinese culture the numbers 6, 8 and 9 are considered lucky because of the sound they make.

46. 六 liù
6 sounds like the word for “everything going smoothly” = liu

47. 九 jiǔ 9 sounds like the word for “everlasting” = jiu
so is often used in weddings

48. 八 bā 8 sounds like “great fortune coming soon” = fa
There is even a Chinese restaurant named 888 in Rosemead, America

49. Monterey Park in the United States has the nation’s highest concentration of Chinese because the post code was originally 818

50. A millionaire in Hong Kong paid millions of dollars for a car licence plate beginning with 888

51. A telephone number with all digits being eights was sold for $270,000 in China

52. The opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Beijing began on 8/8/08 at 8 seconds and 8 minutes past 8 pm

53. Unlucky Number
4 is an unlucky number because it sounds like the word for death = Si
so some buildings in China don’t have a fourth floor

54. A Game
Counting the numbers from 1-100, when counting lucky numbers such as 6,8,9,16,18,19….66,88,99, you should count twice; when it’s the unlucky numbers (4, 14…44, 40-49,…94), you should skip it.

55. Do the Chinese numbers

56. Useful Web links Numbers 0-10
Numbers 1-100
Numbers
Most Lucky and Unlucky Numbers for Chinese People

57. Homework
1. Count the numbers from 1 to 100

58. Xiè xie。 谢 谢。Thanks. Bù kè qì。=bù yòng xiè。 不 客气。= 不 用 谢。
不 客气。= 不 用 谢。
You are welcome.
Zài jiàn。
再 见。 Bye-bye. 58