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Numbers
The above presentation shows how to read numbers up to trillions in
Hanyu.
1. Read from the largest place to the smallest place.
2. Read the place
value and then the place name except the digit place
where the place name is omitted.
3. For a two-character place names such as 千亿, 百万, read only the first
character.
4. If the place value equals to two, it
can either be read as "二" (èr) or "两" (liǎng) except the
digit place
and the ten's place where it can only be read as "二" (èr).
(e.g. 22,432)
5. For a place with zero value, do not read the place name but
only the value zero. Read zero
only once for consecutive
zeros.
6. Do not read the zero if all its subsequent places equal to
zero.
Click to Listen and Read Aloud
A. noun phraserén
1. 人
human, person, people
qióngrén
2. 穷人
the poor
fùrén
3. 富人
the rich
fùwēng
4. 富翁
a very wealthy man
fùháo
5. 富豪
a very wealthy man
bǎiwàn fùwēng
6. 百万富翁
millionaire
qiānwàn fùháo
7. 千万富豪
multimillionaire
yìwàn fùwēng
8. 亿万富翁
billionaire
rénkǒu
9. 人口
population
Zhōngguó
10. 中国
China
Zhōngguó rénkǒu
11. 中国人口
China's population
shìjiè
12. 世界
world
shìjiè rénkǒu
13. 世界人口
world's population, global population
shísān yì rénkǒu
14. 13亿人口
a population of 1.3 billion
B. numeral + measure word + noun (noun phrase)
Note 1: 个, 名, 位 are measure words for nouns refer to people such as teacher, lawyer etc.
Note 2: 位 is a honorific measure word when you want to speak in a respectful tone.
Note 3: The word 人 uses 个, 口 as measure words, it doesn't use 位, 名 as measure words.
yí ge rén
1. 一个人
a man, a person
wú kǒu rén
2. 五口人
5 person (family members)
yí ge fùwēng
3. 一个富翁
a very wealthy man
yí wèi fùháo
4. 一位富豪
a very wealthy man
yì míng qiānwàn fùwēng
5. 一名千万富翁
a multimillionaire
C. pronoun/ noun phrase + adverb 不 + be (am, is, are) 是+ noun/ noun phrase
tāmen shì fùrén
1. 他们是富人。
They are rich people.
tāmen búshì qióngrén
2. 他们不是穷人。
They aren't poor people.
tā shì fùwēng
3. 他是富翁。
He is a very wealthy man.
tā shì fùháo ，wǒ búshì
4. 他是富豪，我不是。
He is a very wealthy man, I'm not.
tā māma shì bǎiwàn fùwēng
5. 他妈妈是百万 富翁。
His mama is a millionaire.
wǒ bàba búshì qiānwàn fùháo
6. 我爸爸不是千万富豪。
My papa isn't a multimillionaire.
tā yéye shì yìwàn fùwēng ，wǒ yéye búshì
7. 他爷爷是 亿万富翁， 我爷爷不是。
His grandpa (paternal) is a billionaire, my grandpa isn't.
tā fùqīn shì yí ge bǎiwàn fùháo
8. 他父亲是一个 百万富豪。
His father is a millionaire.
wǒ mǔqīn búshì yì míng qiānwàn fùwēng
9. 我母亲不是一名千万富翁。
My mother isn't a multimillionaire.
tā wàigōng shì yí wèi yìwàn fùháo ，wǒ wàigōng búshì
10. 她外公是一 位亿万富豪，我外公不是。
His grandpa (maternal) is a billionaire, my grandpa isn't.
D. pronoun/ noun phrase + adverb 没 + verb 有、没+ noun
tā yǒu qián ，tā shì fù rén
1. 他有钱，他是 富人。
He has money, he is a rich man.
tā yǒu qián ，tā shì yǒu qián rén
2. 他有钱，他是 有钱人。
He has money, he is a rich man.
wǒ méi qián ，wǒ shì qióngrén
3. 我没钱，我是 穷人。
I have no money, I'm a poor guy.
wǒ méiyǒu qián ，wǒ shì qióngrén
4. 我没有钱，我是 穷人。
I don't have money, I'm a poor guy.
tā yǒu qiānwàn cáichǎn
5. 他有 千万财产。
He has several million dollars of wealth.
wǒ méi qiānwàn cáichǎn
6. 我没 千万财产。
I have no several million dollars of wealth.
wǒmen méiyǒu qiānwàn cáichǎn
7. 我们没有千万财产。
I don‘t have several million dollars of wealth.
Zhōngguó yǒu shísān yì rénkǒu
8. 中国有13亿 人口。
China has a population of 1.3 billion.
tā jiā yǒu wú kǒu rén
9. 他家有 五口人。
His family has 5 members.
E. noun phrase + verb + numeral
shìjiè rénkǒu tūpò liùshí yì
1. 世界人口突破 60亿。
The world population surpassed 6 billion (6, 000, 000, 000).
shìjiè rénkǒu dádào liùshíwǔ yì
2. 世界人口达到 65亿。
The global population hit 6.5 billion (6,500,000,000).
Zhōngguó rénkǒu dádào shísān yì
3. 中国人口达到 13亿。
China's population hit 1.3 billion (1,300,000,000).
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