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Free Mandarin Numbers Flashcards

Mandarin numbers may be the most logical on Earth: ten symbols and a stacking rule build everything — 11 is "ten-one", 21 is "two-ten-one". These cards make the system and its tones automatic.

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QHow do you say 1, 2, 3 in Mandarin?

Ayī, èr, sān (一、二、三)

QHow do you say 4, 5, 6 in Mandarin?

Asì, wǔ, liù (四、五、六)

QHow do you say 7, 8, 9 in Mandarin?

Aqī, bā, jiǔ (七、八、九)

QHow do you say 10 in Mandarin?

Ashí (十)

QHow do you say 11 in Mandarin?

Ashíyī (ten-one)

QHow do you say 21 in Mandarin?

Aèrshíyī (two-ten-one)

QHow do you say 100 in Mandarin?

Ayìbǎi (一百)

QHow do you say 1,000 in Mandarin?

Ayìqiān (一千)

QWhen do you use liǎng (两) instead of èr?

AWhen counting things: liǎng ge rén = two people

QWhy is 8 considered lucky and 4 unlucky?

ABā sounds like "wealth" (fā); sì sounds like "death" (sǐ)

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How to study mandarin numbers with flashcards

One fact per card. Always recall WITH the tone — èr and not er. A toneless number is a guess, and prices are where tones earn rent.
Rate honestly. After each card, choose Again, Hard, Good, or Easy — the spaced repetition algorithm uses your answer to decide when the card returns, right before you'd forget it.
A few minutes daily beats marathons. Ten new cards a day is roughly 3,650 a year, retained. Deep dives: How to learn a language with flashcards · What is active recall? · How many flashcards per day?.

Free Mandarin Numbers Flashcards

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