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Japanese use specific forms to indicates numbers of things. If you are talking about books, you will not use the same pronounciation than if you are counting people of tickets.
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Here is how to write the Numbers in japanese from 1 to 100 by the common way of using.
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In addition, Japanese has different ways to pronounce some numbers, due to the using of chinese and japanese reading of caracters.
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Sometime you must use the on-yomi form, which is chinese adaptation and sometimes you must use kun-yomi which is purely japanese transformation reading.
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This is particulary true for 4 and 7 numbers which include the  sound "shi", meaning of death in some asian cultures.
So in most of case, we will find YON and NANA form.


How to build the composed numbers in japanese?
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<div style="font-size:300%;"> '''THE COMMON NUMBERS'''</div>


It is very simple. First you take the simple form of the number (example : san), add JUU in the middle and then next simple form of number (example : yon). So you now have さんじゅうよん (三十四) Sanjuuyon (34).


It becomes ひゃくさんじゅうよん (百三十四) Hyakusanjuuyon for 134.  
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Japanese uses specific forms to indicates numbers of things. If you are talking about books, animals, houses, mobiles etc ．．． you will not use the same pronounciation than if you are counting people, cards, shopsticks, bags of tickets. Here is how to write the numbers in japanese from 1 to 100 (and a little bit more) by the common way of using.
 
 
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In addtion, japanese has different ways to pronounce some numbers, due to the using of chinese and japanese reading of caracters. Sometime you must use the on-yomi form, which is chinese adaptation and sometimes you must use kun-yomi which is purely japanese transformation reading. This is particulary true for 4 and 7 numbers which include the sound "shi", meaning of death in some asian cultures. So in most of case, we will find YON and NANA form.
 
 
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How to build the composed numbers in japanese?
It is very simple. First you take the simple form of the number (example : san) さん which means “three” (3), add じゅう(10) JYUU in the middle and then next simple form of number (example よん: yon (4) So you now have さんじゅうよん (三十四) Sanjuuyon (34).
 
 
It becomes ひゃくさんじゅうよん (百三十四) Hyakusanjuuyon for 134. Add hyaku ahead.
 


To express 200, 300.... you must put simple number before "Hyaku" and it is the same thing for せん (千) sen (thousand), if you want to say 2000, 3000 or higher, you first put the simple form of the number (example ni), then add "sen" then for example kyuu, add hyaku and to finish the rest of the number. So you will have にせんきゅうひゃくさんじゅうよん (千九百三十四) Nisenkyuuhyakusanjuuyon (2934)
To express 200, 300.... you must put simple number before "Hyaku" and it is the same thing for せん (千) sen (thousand), if you want to say 2000, 3000 or higher, you first put the simple form of the number (example ni), then add "sen" then for example kyuu, add hyaku and to finish the rest of the number. So you will have にせんきゅうひゃくさんじゅうよん (千九百三十四) Nisenkyuuhyakusanjuuyon (2934)


For hundreds and thousands, there is an additional difficulty with the ènumbers : 3, 6 and 8 who turn into a diphtong.
For hundreds and thousands, there is an additional difficulty with the ènumbers : 3, 6 and 8 who turn into a diphtong.


In this case 3 becomes San-Byaku (さんびゃく), 6 turns into Roppyaku (ろっぴゃく) and 8 is now Happyaku (はっぴゃく)
As you can see, we don't say roku-pyaku and hachi-pyaku but we just keep back the first syllab of the number RO or HA, add the っ particle to make the junction with pyaku which is the diphtong form of hyaku.


How to pronounce "っ"... It is like you block the air into your lips before you release it.  
In this case 3 becomes San-Byaku (さんびゃく), 6 turns into Roppyaku (ろっぴゃく) and 8 is now Happyaku (はっぴゃく) As you can see, we don't say roku-pyaku and hachi-pyaku but we just keep back the first syllab of the number RO or HA, add the 「っ」 particle to make the junction with pyaku which is the diphtong form of hyaku.
 
 
How to pronounce "っ"... It is like you block the air into your lips before you release it. It is not a sound but a manner to say.
 
 
 
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• Please note that the zero number can be used as ZERO (english pronounciation)
*0 = ゼロ - zero // 零（れい）rei
*1 = 一（いち） ichi
*2 = 二（に） ni
*3 = 三（さん） san
*4 = 四（し）shi // （よん）yon
*5 = 五（ご） go
*6 = 六（ろく）roku
*7 = 七（しち）shichi // （なな） nana
*8 = 八（はち）hachi
*9 = 九（きゅう）kyuu
*10 = 十（じゅう）jyuu
*11 = 十一（じゅういち）jyuuichi
*12 = 十二（じゅうに）jyuuni
*13 = 十三（じゅうさん）jyuusan
*14 = 一四（じゅうよん）jyuuyon
*15 = 一五（じゅうご）jyuugo
*16 = 一六（じゅうろく）jyuuroku
*17 = 一七（じゅうなな）jyuunana
*18 = 一八（じゅうはち）jyuuhachi
*19 = 一九（じゅうきゅう）jyuukyuu
*20 = 二十（にじゅう）nijyuu
*21 = 二十一（にじゅういち）nijyuuichi
*22 = 二十二（にじゅうに）nijyuuni
*23 = 三（にじゅうさん）nijuusan
*24 = 二十四（にじゅうよん）nijyuuyon
*25 = 二十五（にじゅうご）nijyuugo
*26 = 二十六（にじゅうろく）nijyuuroku
*27 = 二十七（にじゅうなな）nijyuunana
*28 = 二十八（にじゅうはち）nijyuuhachi
*29 = 二十九（にじゅうきゅう）nijyuukyuu
*30 = 三十（さんじゅう）sanjyuu
*31 = 三十一（さんじゅういち）sanjyuuichi
*32 = 三十二（さんじゅうに）sanjyuuni
*33 = 三十三（さんじゅうさん）sanjyuusan
*34 = 三十四（さんじゅうよん）sanjyuuyon
*35 = 三十五（さんじゅうご）sanjyuugo
*36 = 三十六（さんじゅうろく）sanjyuuroku
*37 = 三十七（さんじゅうなな）sanjyuunana
*38 = 三十八（さんじゅうはち）sanjyuuhachi
*39 = 三十九（さんじゅうきゅう）sanjyuukyuu
*40 = 四十（よんじゅう）yonjyuu
*41 = 四十一（よんじゅういち）yonjyuuichi
*42 = 四十二（よんじゅうに）yonjyuuni
*43 = 四十三（よんじゅうさん）yonjyuusan
*44 = 四十四（よんじゅうよん）yonjyuuyon
*45 = 四十五（よんじゅうご）yonjyuugo
*46 = 四十六（よんじゅうろく）yonjyuuroku
*47 = 四十七（よんじゅうなな）yonjyuunana
*48 = 四十八（よんじゅうはち）yonjyuuhachi
*49 = 四十九（よんじゅうきゅう）yonjyuukyuu
*50 = 五十（ごじゅう）gojyuu
*51 = 四十一（ごじゅういち）gojyuuichi
*52 = 四十二（ごじゅうに）gojyuuni
*53 = 四十三（ごじゅうさん）gojyuusan
*54 = 四十四（ごじゅうよん）gojyuuyon
*55 = 四十五（ごじゅうご）gojyuugo
*56 = 四十六（ごじゅうろく）gojyuuroku
*57 = 四十七（ごじゅうなな）gojyuunana
*58 = 四十八（ごじゅうはち）gojyuuhachi
*59 = 四十九（ごじゅうきゅう）gojyuukyuu
*60 = 六十（ろくじゅう）rokujyuu
*61 = 六十一（ろくじゅういち）rokujyuuichi
*62 = 六十二（ろくゅうに）rokujyuuni
*63 = 六十三（ろくじゅうさん）rokujyuusan
*64 = 六十四（ろくじゅうよん）rokujyuuyon
*65 = 六十五（ろくじゅうご）rokujyuugo
*66 = 六十六（ろくじゅうろく）rokujyuuroku
*67 = 六十七 (ろくじゅうなな）rokujyuunana
*68 = 六十八（ろくじゅうはち）rokujyuuhachi
*69 = 六十九（ろくじゅうきゅう）rokujyuukyuu
*70 = 七十（ななじゅう）nanajyu
*71 = 七十一（ななじゅういち）nanajyuuichi
*72 =七十二（ななじゅうに）nanajyuuni
*73 = 七十三（ななじゅうさん）nanajyuusan
*74 = 七十四（ななじゅうよん）nanajyuuyon
*75 = 七十五 （ななじゅうご） nanajyuugo
*76 = 七十六（ななじゅうろく）nanjyuuroku
*77 = 七十七（ななじゅうなな）nanajyuunana
*78 = 七十八（ななじゅうはち）nanajyuuhachi
*79 = 七十九（ななじゅうきゅう）nanajyuukyuu
*80 = 八十（はちじゅう）hachijyuu
*81 = 八十一（はちじゅういち）hachijyuuichi
*82 = 八十二（はちじゅうに）hachijyuuni
*83 = 八十三（はちじゅうさん）hachijyuusan
*84 = 八十四（はちじゅうよん）hachijyuuyon
*85 = 八十五（はちじゅうご）hachijyuugo
*86 = 八十六（はちじゅうろく）hachijyuuroku
*87 = 八十七（はちじゅうなな）hachijyuunana
*88 = 八十八（はちじゅうはち）hachijyuuhachi
*89 = 八十九（はちじゅうきゅう）hachijyuukyuu
*90 = 九十（きゅうじゅう）kyuujyuu
*91 = 九十一（きゅうじゅういち）kyuujyuuichi
*92 = 九十二（きゅうじゅうに） kyuujyuuni
*93 = 九十三（きゅうじゅうさん）kyuujyuusan
*94 = 九十四（きゅうじゅうよん）kyuujyuuyon
*95 = 九十五（きゅうじゅうご）kyuujyuugo
*96 = 九十六（きゅうじゅうろく）kyuujyuuroku
*97 = 九十七（きゅうじゅうなな）kyuujyuunana
*98 = 九十八（きゅうじゅうはち）kyuujyuuhachi
*99 = 九十九 (きゅうじゅうきゅう)kyuujyuukyuu
*100 = 百（ひゃく）hyaku
*1000 = 千（せん）sen
 
 
 
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There’s also some difficulties for heavy numbers.
 
 
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To express 10000 (ten thousands) we’ll not going to say 十千(じゅうせん) jyuusen. Same for 100000 (hundred thousands), it is not 百千(ひゃくせん) hyakusen and it is also true for 1000000 (one million), no more 千千(せんせん) sensen. This last just means many thousands but not precisely. It indicates there is a huge variety.
 
 
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一万 (いちまん) ichiman means 10000. 万 (man) worth four zeros.
 
 
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十万 and 百万 (じゅうまん & ひゃくまん) jyuuman and hyakuman are respectively 100000 (hundred thousands) and 1000000 (one million). Then come 千万(せんまん) senman (ten millions) and 一億(いちおく) ichioku for 100000000 (hundred millions)
 
 
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*PS : Asian caracters are same for chinese and japanese about writing and meaning. Of course the pronounciation and sounds are different.
I really hope somebody can help you with in chinese language.
 
 
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*NB : It takes time to write an article. I did my best and I check my work at last, but some mistakes : typing, meaning, interpretation could remain. Feel free to correct them ;-)
 
 
==VIDEOS== <!--T:13-->
Pronunciation of numbers from 1 to 100:
 
 
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<youtube>tK4fQkkInsk</youtube>
 
==Authors==
[http://polyglotclub.com/member/BriceJ BriceJ]
 
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[[Category: Japanese/Advanced]]
[[Category: Japanese/Intermediate]]
[[Category: Japanese/Vocabulary]]




*Please not that the zero number can be used a ZERO (english pronounciation)
==Related Lessons==
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Counting-and-Numbers|Counting and Numbers]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Astronomy|Astronomy]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Geography|Geography]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Shellfish|Shellfish]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/City|City]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Colors-色|Colors 色]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Body|Body]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Metals|Metals]]
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Metal|Metal]]


    0 = ゼロ - zero // 零　（れい）rei
* [[Language/Japanese/Vocabulary/Mountain|Mountain]]
    1 = 一　（いち） ichi
    2 = 二　（に） ni
    3 = 三　（さん） san
    4 = 一　（いち）shi // yon
    5 =一　（いち） go
    6 = roku
    7 = 一　（いち） sichi // nana
    8 = hachi
    9 = kyuu
    10 = juu
    11 = juuichi
    12 = juuni
    13 = juusan
    14 = juuyon
    15 = juugo
    16 = juuroku
    17 = juunana
    18 = juuhachi
    19 = juukyuu
    20 = nijuu
    21 = nijuuichi
    22 = nijuuni
    23 = nijuusan
    24 = nijuuyon
    25 = nijuugo
    26 = nijuuroku
    27 = nijuunana
    28 = nijyuuhachi
    29 = nijyuukyuu
    30 = sanjyuu
    31 = sanjyuuichi
    32 = sanjyuuni
    33 = sanjyuusan
    34 = sanjyuuyon
    35 = sanjyuugo
    36 = Sanjyuuroku
    37 = Sanjyuunana
    38 = Sanjyuuhachi
    39 = Sanjyuukyuu
    40 = Yonjyuu
    41 = Yonjyuuichi
    42 = Yonjyuuni
    43 = Yonjyuusan
    44 = Yonjyuuyon
    45 = Yonjyuugo
    46 = Yonjyuuroku
    47 = Yonjyuunana
    48 = Yonjyuuhachi
    49 = Yonjyuukyuu
    50 = Gojyuu
    51 = Gojyuuichi
    52 = gojyuuni
    53 = gojyuusan
    54 = gojyuuyon
    55 = gojyuugo
    56 = gojyuuroku
    57 = gojyuunana
    58 = gojyuuhachi
    59 = gojyuukyuu
    60 = rokujyuu
    61 = rokujyuuichi
    62 = rokujyuuni
    63 = rokujyuusan
    64 = rokujyuuyon
    65 = rokujyuugo
    66 = rokujyuuroku
    67 = rokujyuunana
    68 =rokujyuuhachi
    69 = rokujyuukyuu
    70 = nanajyuu
    71 = nanajyuuichi
    72 = nanajyuuni
    73 = nanajyuusan
    74 = nanajyuuyon
    75 = nanajyuugo
    76 = nanjyuuroku
    77 = nanajyuunana
    78 = nanajyuuhachi
    79 = nanajyuukyuu
    80 = hachijyuu
    81 = hachijyuuichi
    82 = hachijyuuni
    83 = hachijyuusan
    84 = hachijyuuyon
    85 = hachijyuugo
    86 = hachijyuuroku
    87 = hachijyuunana
    88 = hachijyuuhachi
    89 = hachijyuukyuu
    90 = kyuujyuu
    91 = kyuujyuuichi
    92 = kyuujyuuni
    93 = kyuujyuusan
    94 = kyuujyuuyon
    95 = kyuujyuugo
    96 = kyuujyuuroku
    97 = kyuujyuunana
    98 = kyuujyuuhachi
    99 = kyuujyuukyuu
    100 = hyaku
    1000 = sen

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THE COMMON NUMBERS


Japanese uses specific forms to indicates numbers of things. If you are talking about books, animals, houses, mobiles etc ．．． you will not use the same pronounciation than if you are counting people, cards, shopsticks, bags of tickets. Here is how to write the numbers in japanese from 1 to 100 (and a little bit more) by the common way of using.


In addtion, japanese has different ways to pronounce some numbers, due to the using of chinese and japanese reading of caracters. Sometime you must use the on-yomi form, which is chinese adaptation and sometimes you must use kun-yomi which is purely japanese transformation reading. This is particulary true for 4 and 7 numbers which include the sound "shi", meaning of death in some asian cultures. So in most of case, we will find YON and NANA form.


How to build the composed numbers in japanese? It is very simple. First you take the simple form of the number (example : san) さん which means “three” (3), add じゅう(10) JYUU in the middle and then next simple form of number (example よん: yon (4) So you now have さんじゅうよん (三十四) Sanjuuyon (34).


It becomes ひゃくさんじゅうよん (百三十四) Hyakusanjuuyon for 134. Add hyaku ahead.


To express 200, 300.... you must put simple number before "Hyaku" and it is the same thing for せん (千) sen (thousand), if you want to say 2000, 3000 or higher, you first put the simple form of the number (example ni), then add "sen" then for example kyuu, add hyaku and to finish the rest of the number. So you will have にせんきゅうひゃくさんじゅうよん (千九百三十四) Nisenkyuuhyakusanjuuyon (2934)


For hundreds and thousands, there is an additional difficulty with the ènumbers : 3, 6 and 8 who turn into a diphtong.


In this case 3 becomes San-Byaku (さんびゃく), 6 turns into Roppyaku (ろっぴゃく) and 8 is now Happyaku (はっぴゃく) As you can see, we don't say roku-pyaku and hachi-pyaku but we just keep back the first syllab of the number RO or HA, add the 「っ」 particle to make the junction with pyaku which is the diphtong form of hyaku.


How to pronounce "っ"... It is like you block the air into your lips before you release it. It is not a sound but a manner to say.


• Please note that the zero number can be used as ZERO (english pronounciation)

  • 0 = ゼロ - zero // 零（れい）rei
  • 1 = 一（いち） ichi
  • 2 = 二（に） ni
  • 3 = 三（さん） san
  • 4 = 四（し）shi // （よん）yon
  • 5 = 五（ご） go
  • 6 = 六（ろく）roku
  • 7 = 七（しち）shichi // （なな） nana
  • 8 = 八（はち）hachi
  • 9 = 九（きゅう）kyuu
  • 10 = 十（じゅう）jyuu
  • 11 = 十一（じゅういち）jyuuichi
  • 12 = 十二（じゅうに）jyuuni
  • 13 = 十三（じゅうさん）jyuusan
  • 14 = 一四（じゅうよん）jyuuyon
  • 15 = 一五（じゅうご）jyuugo
  • 16 = 一六（じゅうろく）jyuuroku
  • 17 = 一七（じゅうなな）jyuunana
  • 18 = 一八（じゅうはち）jyuuhachi
  • 19 = 一九（じゅうきゅう）jyuukyuu
  • 20 = 二十（にじゅう）nijyuu
  • 21 = 二十一（にじゅういち）nijyuuichi
  • 22 = 二十二（にじゅうに）nijyuuni
  • 23 = 三（にじゅうさん）nijuusan
  • 24 = 二十四（にじゅうよん）nijyuuyon
  • 25 = 二十五（にじゅうご）nijyuugo
  • 26 = 二十六（にじゅうろく）nijyuuroku
  • 27 = 二十七（にじゅうなな）nijyuunana
  • 28 = 二十八（にじゅうはち）nijyuuhachi
  • 29 = 二十九（にじゅうきゅう）nijyuukyuu
  • 30 = 三十（さんじゅう）sanjyuu
  • 31 = 三十一（さんじゅういち）sanjyuuichi
  • 32 = 三十二（さんじゅうに）sanjyuuni
  • 33 = 三十三（さんじゅうさん）sanjyuusan
  • 34 = 三十四（さんじゅうよん）sanjyuuyon
  • 35 = 三十五（さんじゅうご）sanjyuugo
  • 36 = 三十六（さんじゅうろく）sanjyuuroku
  • 37 = 三十七（さんじゅうなな）sanjyuunana
  • 38 = 三十八（さんじゅうはち）sanjyuuhachi
  • 39 = 三十九（さんじゅうきゅう）sanjyuukyuu
  • 40 = 四十（よんじゅう）yonjyuu
  • 41 = 四十一（よんじゅういち）yonjyuuichi
  • 42 = 四十二（よんじゅうに）yonjyuuni
  • 43 = 四十三（よんじゅうさん）yonjyuusan
  • 44 = 四十四（よんじゅうよん）yonjyuuyon
  • 45 = 四十五（よんじゅうご）yonjyuugo
  • 46 = 四十六（よんじゅうろく）yonjyuuroku
  • 47 = 四十七（よんじゅうなな）yonjyuunana
  • 48 = 四十八（よんじゅうはち）yonjyuuhachi
  • 49 = 四十九（よんじゅうきゅう）yonjyuukyuu
  • 50 = 五十（ごじゅう）gojyuu
  • 51 = 四十一（ごじゅういち）gojyuuichi
  • 52 = 四十二（ごじゅうに）gojyuuni
  • 53 = 四十三（ごじゅうさん）gojyuusan
  • 54 = 四十四（ごじゅうよん）gojyuuyon
  • 55 = 四十五（ごじゅうご）gojyuugo
  • 56 = 四十六（ごじゅうろく）gojyuuroku
  • 57 = 四十七（ごじゅうなな）gojyuunana
  • 58 = 四十八（ごじゅうはち）gojyuuhachi
  • 59 = 四十九（ごじゅうきゅう）gojyuukyuu
  • 60 = 六十（ろくじゅう）rokujyuu
  • 61 = 六十一（ろくじゅういち）rokujyuuichi
  • 62 = 六十二（ろくゅうに）rokujyuuni
  • 63 = 六十三（ろくじゅうさん）rokujyuusan
  • 64 = 六十四（ろくじゅうよん）rokujyuuyon
  • 65 = 六十五（ろくじゅうご）rokujyuugo
  • 66 = 六十六（ろくじゅうろく）rokujyuuroku
  • 67 = 六十七 (ろくじゅうなな）rokujyuunana
  • 68 = 六十八（ろくじゅうはち）rokujyuuhachi
  • 69 = 六十九（ろくじゅうきゅう）rokujyuukyuu
  • 70 = 七十（ななじゅう）nanajyu
  • 71 = 七十一（ななじゅういち）nanajyuuichi
  • 72 =七十二（ななじゅうに）nanajyuuni
  • 73 = 七十三（ななじゅうさん）nanajyuusan
  • 74 = 七十四（ななじゅうよん）nanajyuuyon
  • 75 = 七十五 （ななじゅうご） nanajyuugo
  • 76 = 七十六（ななじゅうろく）nanjyuuroku
  • 77 = 七十七（ななじゅうなな）nanajyuunana
  • 78 = 七十八（ななじゅうはち）nanajyuuhachi
  • 79 = 七十九（ななじゅうきゅう）nanajyuukyuu
  • 80 = 八十（はちじゅう）hachijyuu
  • 81 = 八十一（はちじゅういち）hachijyuuichi
  • 82 = 八十二（はちじゅうに）hachijyuuni
  • 83 = 八十三（はちじゅうさん）hachijyuusan
  • 84 = 八十四（はちじゅうよん）hachijyuuyon
  • 85 = 八十五（はちじゅうご）hachijyuugo
  • 86 = 八十六（はちじゅうろく）hachijyuuroku
  • 87 = 八十七（はちじゅうなな）hachijyuunana
  • 88 = 八十八（はちじゅうはち）hachijyuuhachi
  • 89 = 八十九（はちじゅうきゅう）hachijyuukyuu
  • 90 = 九十（きゅうじゅう）kyuujyuu
  • 91 = 九十一（きゅうじゅういち）kyuujyuuichi
  • 92 = 九十二（きゅうじゅうに） kyuujyuuni
  • 93 = 九十三（きゅうじゅうさん）kyuujyuusan
  • 94 = 九十四（きゅうじゅうよん）kyuujyuuyon
  • 95 = 九十五（きゅうじゅうご）kyuujyuugo
  • 96 = 九十六（きゅうじゅうろく）kyuujyuuroku
  • 97 = 九十七（きゅうじゅうなな）kyuujyuunana
  • 98 = 九十八（きゅうじゅうはち）kyuujyuuhachi
  • 99 = 九十九 (きゅうじゅうきゅう)kyuujyuukyuu
  • 100 = 百（ひゃく）hyaku
  • 1000 = 千（せん）sen


There’s also some difficulties for heavy numbers.


To express 10000 (ten thousands) we’ll not going to say 十千(じゅうせん) jyuusen. Same for 100000 (hundred thousands), it is not 百千(ひゃくせん) hyakusen and it is also true for 1000000 (one million), no more 千千(せんせん) sensen. This last just means many thousands but not precisely. It indicates there is a huge variety.


一万 (いちまん) ichiman means 10000. 万 (man) worth four zeros.


十万 and 百万 (じゅうまん & ひゃくまん) jyuuman and hyakuman are respectively 100000 (hundred thousands) and 1000000 (one million). Then come 千万(せんまん) senman (ten millions) and 一億(いちおく) ichioku for 100000000 (hundred millions)


  • PS : Asian caracters are same for chinese and japanese about writing and meaning. Of course the pronounciation and sounds are different.

I really hope somebody can help you with in chinese language.


  • NB : It takes time to write an article. I did my best and I check my work at last, but some mistakes : typing, meaning, interpretation could remain. Feel free to correct them ;-)


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