Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Count-from-1-to-10

🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary ➡ Count to 10 🔢

Hello Mandarin Chinese learners 😎

In today's lesson we will learn how to count from 1 to 10 in Mandarin Chinese.

Follow each step below. If you do it carefully, by the end of the lesson, chances are you will be able to count from 1 to 10 in Mandarin Chinese.

Isn't that fantastic? you will impress your friends! 🤩

• Level: beginner
• Lesson duration: 30 minutes
• Difficulty: Medium

Learn the numbers

Numbers from 1 to 10

1. Listen to each recording, repeat out loud the number in your native language and in Mandarin Chinese.
2. Do this 10 times, each time in a different order. ➡ Tip: Click the arrow at the top of the column to shuffle the rows.

• This step will exercise your visual and auditory memory

Numbers from 1 to 5

Number	Character	Pinyin	Pronunciation (audio)	Translation
1	一	yī		one
2	二	èr		two
3	三	sān		three
4	四	sì		four
5	五	wǔ		five

Numbers from 6 to 10

Number	Character	Pinyin	Pronunciation (audio)	Translation
6	六	liù		six
7	七	qī		seven
8	八	bā		eight
9	九	jiǔ		nine
10	十	shí		ten

Count with your hands

Now, let's learn how to count using hands. Look at the picture below.

Try to replicate each hand position and at the same time read the character, pinyin and say the number aloud. Do this 10 times.

• This step will exercise your visual memory

Learn like a song

A great way to remember numbers in Chinese is to learn them all together, from 1 to 10 and from 10 to 1, much like learning a song. At the same time, it will help you count things quickly. It will be very useful to you in your daily life.

• This step will exercise your auditory memory

Numbers from 1 to 10

• Listen to the following recording: 20 times.

Numbers from 10 to 1

• Listen to the following recording: 20 times.

Videos: Review what you have learned

Watch the following videos to review what you have just learned.

• This step will exercise both your visual and auditory memory

Count to 10 in Mandarin Chinese: lesson for children

Writing, Pronunciation and Hand:

Test your knowledge

Translate from Mandarin Chinese

This should be the easiest test:

• Practice your memory: from Mandarin Chinese writing, guess what number it is:

Mandarin Chinese	Guess the number:
四 (sì)	? 4
二 (èr)	? 2
十 (shí)	? 10
三 (sān)	? 3
八 (bā)	? 8
一 (yī)	? 1
七 (qī)	? 7
五 (wǔ)	? 5
九 (jiǔ)	? 9
六 (liù)	? 6

Count with your hands

• Practice your visual memory: Look at the photo with the hand position. Guess what number it is.

Hand position	Guess the number:
	? 10
	? 6
	? 4
	? 1
	? 2
	? 8
	? 7
	? 9
	? 5
	? 3

Listening comprehension

Here is a slightly more difficult test:

• Practice your listening comprehension: Listen to each recording. Guess what number it is.

Pronunciation (sound file)	Guess the number:
	? 10
	? 6
	? 4
	? 1
	? 2
	? 8
	? 7
	? 9
	? 5
	? 3

Translate to Mandarin Chinese

At last, the hardest test:

• Practice your memory and writing skills: write each number (character and pinyin). You can use this virtual keyboard if your device does not allow you to write Chinese characters: https://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/chinese.php

Number	Type the answer:	See the answer:
2		? 二 (èr)
4		? 四 (sì)
1		? 一 (yī)
3		? 三 (sān)
8		? 八 (bā)

Number	Type the answer:	See the answer:
10		? 十 (shí)
9		? 九 (jiǔ)
5		? 五 (wǔ)
6		? 六 (liù)
7		? 七 (qī)