Learn Chinese Chinese Numbers and Counting 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: How do you say 'the first' (ordinal) in Mandarin?
- 一号 (yī hào)
- 第一 (dì yī) (Correct answer)
- 首先 (shǒu xiān)
- 最初 (zuì chū)
Correct answer: 第一 (dì yī)
第一 (dì yī) means 'the first' and is formed by placing 第 before the number.
Question 2: Which number is traditionally considered unlucky in China?
- 3
- 4 (Correct answer)
- 6
- 9
Correct answer: 4
4 (四, sì) is considered unlucky because it sounds like 死 (sǐ), meaning death.
Question 3: How do you express '2' when counting objects informally in Chinese?
- 二 (èr)
- 两 (liǎng) (Correct answer)
- 双 (shuāng)
- 对 (duì)
Correct answer: 两 (liǎng)
两 (liǎng) is used when counting objects with measure words, while 二 (èr) is used in math.
Question 4: How do you say 'one billion' in Mandarin Chinese?
- 百万 (bǎi wàn)
- 千万 (qiān wàn)
- 十亿 (shí yì) (Correct answer)
- 百亿 (bǎi yì)
Correct answer: 十亿 (shí yì)
One billion in Mandarin is 十亿 (shí yì), meaning 'ten hundred-millions'.
Question 5: What is the Mandarin word for the number 100 million?
- 万 (wàn)
- 亿 (yì) (Correct answer)
- 兆 (zhào)
- 百万 (bǎi wàn)
Correct answer: 亿 (yì)
亿 (yì) means 100 million and is a key large-number unit in the Chinese counting system.
Question 6: How do you say '55' in Mandarin Chinese?
- 五十五 (wǔ shí wǔ) (Correct answer)
- 五五 (wǔ wǔ)
- 五十 (wǔ shí)
- 十五五 (shí wǔ wǔ)
Correct answer: 五十五 (wǔ shí wǔ)
55 in Mandarin is 五十五 (wǔ shí wǔ), following the standard tens-units pattern.
Learn Chinese Chinese Numbers and Counting 2
How do you say 'the first' (ordinal) in Mandarin?