*Numbers: Vocabulary for numbers, quantities, and counting

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Pinyin is the standard romanisation used to show Mandarin pronunciation using the Latin alphabet. You’ll often see tone marks on the vowels to show the four tones (plus the neutral tone), for example mā / má / mǎ / mà / ma. “Numbered pinyin” shows the same tones using a number after the syllable instead of tone marks, for example ma1 / ma2 / ma3 / ma4 / ma (sometimes written as ma5 for the neutral tone). Numbered pinyin is handy when you can’t easily type tone marks, while tone-mark pinyin is usually easier to read once you’re used to it.

公斤

• Pinyin: gōng jīn
• Numbered pinyin: gong1 jin1
• English translation: kilogram

公里

• Pinyin: gōng lǐ
• Numbered pinyin: gong1 li3
• English translation: kilometre

角

• Pinyin: jiǎo
• Numbered pinyin: jiao3
• English translation: tenth of a yuan, angle

克

• Pinyin: kè
• Numbered pinyin: ke4
• English translation: gram

两

• Pinyin: liǎng
• Numbered pinyin: liang3
• English translation: two

米

• Pinyin: mǐ
• Numbered pinyin: mi3
• English translation: metre

千

• Pinyin: qiān
• Numbered pinyin: qian1
• English translation: thousand

千克

• Pinyin: qiān kè
• Numbered pinyin: qian1 ke4
• English translation: kilogram

人数

• Pinyin: rén shù
• Numbered pinyin: ren2 shu4
• English translation: number of people

少数

• Pinyin: shǎo shù
• Numbered pinyin: shao3 shu4
• English translation: minority, small number

数

• Pinyin: shù
• Numbered pinyin: shu4
• English translation: number, to count

数字

• Pinyin: shù zì
• Numbered pinyin: shu4 zi4
• English translation: number, digit

万

• Pinyin: wàn
• Numbered pinyin: wan4
• English translation: ten thousand

许多

• Pinyin: xǔ duō
• Numbered pinyin: xu3 duo1
• English translation: many, a lot

一部分

• Pinyin: yí bù fen
• Numbered pinyin: yi2 bu4 fen5
• English translation: a part, a portion

一共

• Pinyin: yí gòng
• Numbered pinyin: yi2 gong4
• English translation: altogether, in total

以上

• Pinyin: yǐ shàng
• Numbered pinyin: yi3 shang4
• English translation: above, more than

以外

• Pinyin: yǐ wài
• Numbered pinyin: yi3 wai4
• English translation: beyond, outside of

以下

• Pinyin: yǐ xià
• Numbered pinyin: yi3 xia4
• English translation: below, under

一点点

• Pinyin: yì diǎn diǎn
• Numbered pinyin: yi4 dian3 dian3
• English translation: a little bit

亿

• Pinyin: yì
• Numbered pinyin: yi4
• English translation: 100 million

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