Numbers from 6 to 10

Learn

Read each one out loud, following the pinyin. Say it a second time before you move on.

1. 六

   liù

   six

2. 七

   qī

   seven

3. 八

   bā

   eight

   Sounds a little like 发 (fā, to prosper), so eight is a lucky number.

4. 九

   jiǔ

   nine

5. 十

   shí

   ten

   十一 is eleven (ten one), 二十 is twenty (two ten) and 二十一 is twenty-one.

6. 两

   liǎng

   two (of something)

   Use 二 when counting, and 两 for an amount, as in 两个人 (two people).

Check yourself

What does each one mean? You can take the check again as often as you like.

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