{"id":84,"date":"2022-05-20T14:46:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T06:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nifty-jang.188-166-221-241.plesk.page\/?p=84"},"modified":"2026-08-08T21:57:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:57:52","slug":"numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/20\/numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers and Time\u00a0Words in Chinese"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_86 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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.odc-quiz-feedback{font-size:.95rem;margin:0 0 .75rem;min-height:1.4em;}\n.odc-numbers-page .odc-quiz-feedback.correct{color:#3d5c34;}\n.odc-numbers-page .odc-quiz-feedback.incorrect{color:var(--odc-red-dark);}\n.odc-numbers-page .odc-quiz-score{text-align:center;}\n.odc-numbers-page .odc-quiz-score .odc-quiz-score-num{font-size:2.2rem;font-weight:700;color:#8a2c22;display:block;margin-bottom:.4rem;}\n\n@media (max-width:600px){\n  .odc-numbers-page .odc-term-row{flex-direction:column;gap:1.25rem;}\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"odc-numbers-page\">\n\n  <div class=\"odc-hero\">\n    <p class=\"odc-eyebrow\">Chinese Vocabulary \u00b7 <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4e2d\u6587\u8a5e\u5f59<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e2d\u6587\u8bcd\u6c47<\/span><\/p>\n    <h2 class=\"odc-hero-title\" style=\"color:#8a2c22 !important;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Numbers_and_Time_Words_in_Chinese\"><\/span>Numbers and Time Words in Chinese<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <p class=\"odc-subtitle\"><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6578\u5b57\u8207\u6642\u9593\u8a5e\u5f59<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u6570\u5b57\u4e0e\u65f6\u95f4\u8bcd\u6c47<\/span> sh\u00f9z\u00ec y\u01d4 sh\u00edji\u0101n c\u00edhu\u00ec<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p>In Chinese culture, not all numbers are treated equally \u2014 some are lucky enough to raise a phone number&#8217;s resale price, and others are avoided in hospital elevators.<\/p>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-kicker\">The numbers everyone counts with<\/p>\n  <h2 style=\"color:#8a2c22 !important;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Number_Words_in_Chinese\"><\/span>Number Words in Chinese<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n  <div class=\"odc-table-wrap\">\n  <table>\n    <thead>\n      <tr><th>Chinese<\/th><th>Pinyin<\/th><th>Number<\/th><\/tr>\n    <\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n      <tr><td>\u96f6<\/td><td>l\u00edng<\/td><td>0<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u4e00<\/td><td>y\u012b<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u4e8c<\/td><td>\u00e8r<\/td><td>2<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u4e09<\/td><td>s\u0101n<\/td><td>3<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u56db<\/td><td>s\u00ec<\/td><td>4<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u4e94<\/td><td>w\u01d4<\/td><td>5<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u516d<\/td><td>li\u00f9<\/td><td>6<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u4e03<\/td><td>q\u012b<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u516b<\/td><td>b\u0101<\/td><td>8<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u4e5d<\/td><td>ji\u01d4<\/td><td>9<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u5341<\/td><td>sh\u00ed<\/td><td>10<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u5341\u4e00<\/td><td>sh\u00edy\u012b<\/td><td>11<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u5341\u4e8c<\/td><td>sh\u00ed&#8217;\u00e8r<\/td><td>12<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u4e8c\u5341<\/td><td>\u00e8rsh\u00ed<\/td><td>20<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u4e09\u5341\u4e94<\/td><td>s\u0101nsh\u00edw\u01d4<\/td><td>35<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u516d\u5341\u516b<\/td><td>li\u00f9sh\u00edb\u0101<\/td><td>68<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u4e5d\u5341\u4e09<\/td><td>ji\u01d4sh\u00eds\u0101n<\/td><td>93<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u767e<\/td><td>b\u01cei<\/td><td>100<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td>\u5343<\/td><td>qi\u0101n<\/td><td>1,000<\/td><\/tr>\n      <tr><td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u842c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e07<\/span><\/td><td>w\u00e0n<\/td><td>10,000<\/td><\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n  <\/table>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"odc-term-row\">\n    <div class=\"odc-term-card\">\n      <div class=\"odc-term-body\">\n        <p class=\"odc-term-name\">\u516b b\u0101<\/p>\n        <p>Sounds almost like <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u767c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u53d1<\/span> (f\u0101), &#8220;to prosper.&#8221; Phone numbers and license plates full of 8s sell at a premium, and the Beijing Olympics opened at exactly 8:08pm on 08\/08\/2008 \u2014 no coincidence.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"odc-term-card\">\n      <div class=\"odc-term-body\">\n        <p class=\"odc-term-name\">\u56db s\u00ec<\/p>\n        <p>Sounds like \u6b7b (s\u01d0), &#8220;death.&#8221; Many hospitals and hotels skip the 4th floor entirely, and restaurants will announce &#8220;3+1 is coming&#8221; rather than say &#8220;four&#8221; out loud.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"odc-callout\">\n    <strong>A small but useful detail:<\/strong> when reading out a phone number in China, \u4e00 (y\u012b) is read as &#8220;y\u0101o&#8221; instead \u2014 this avoids confusion with \u4e03 (q\u012b, seven) over the phone. So a number like 0102-361-XXX is read:<br>\n    l\u00edng y\u0101o l\u00edng \u00e8r \u2013 s\u0101n li\u00f9 y\u0101o \u2013 XXX\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-kicker\">Telling time in Chinese<\/p>\n  <h2 style=\"color:#8a2c22 !important;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Time_Words_in_Chinese\"><\/span>Time Words in Chinese<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n  <div class=\"odc-table-wrap\">\n  <table>\n    <thead>\n      <tr>\n        <th>Chinese<\/th>\n        <th>Pinyin<\/th>\n        <th>English<\/th>\n        <th>Korean<\/th>\n        <th>Japanese<\/th>\n      <\/tr>\n    <\/thead>\n    <tbody>\n      <tr>\n        <td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u9ede(\u9418)<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u70b9(\u949f)<\/span><\/td>\n        <td>di\u01cen (zh\u014dng)<\/td>\n        <td>o&#8217;clock<\/td>\n        <td>\uc2dc<\/td>\n        <td>\u6642<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>\u5206<\/td>\n        <td>f\u0113n<\/td>\n        <td>minute<\/td>\n        <td>\ubd84<\/td>\n        <td>\u5206<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><\/td>\n        <td>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/td>\n        <td>minutes<\/td>\n        <td>\ubd84<\/td>\n        <td>\u5206\u9593<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>\u534a<\/td>\n        <td>b\u00e0n<\/td>\n        <td>half<\/td>\n        <td>\ubc18<\/td>\n        <td>\u534a<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><\/td>\n        <td>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/td>\n        <td>hour<\/td>\n        <td>\uc2dc\uac04<\/td>\n        <td>\u6642\u9593<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>\u65e9\u4e0a<\/td>\n        <td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">z\u01ceosh\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">z\u01ceoshang<\/span><\/td>\n        <td>morning<\/td>\n        <td>\uc544\uce68<\/td>\n        <td>\u671d<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>\u4e0a\u5348<\/td>\n        <td>sh\u00e0ngw\u01d4<\/td>\n        <td>A.M.<\/td>\n        <td>\uc624\uc804<\/td>\n        <td>\u5348\u524d<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>\u4e2d\u5348<\/td>\n        <td>zh\u014dngw\u01d4<\/td>\n        <td>noon<\/td>\n        <td>\uc815\uc624<\/td>\n        <td>\u6b63\u5348<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>\u4e0b\u5348<\/td>\n        <td>xi\u00e0w\u01d4<\/td>\n        <td>afternoon<\/td>\n        <td>\uc624\ud6c4<\/td>\n        <td>\u5348\u5f8c<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>\u665a\u4e0a<\/td>\n        <td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">w\u01censh\u00e0ng<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">w\u01censhang<\/span><\/td>\n        <td>evening<\/td>\n        <td>\uc800\ub141<\/td>\n        <td>\u591c<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u73fe\u5728<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u73b0\u5728<\/span><\/td>\n        <td>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/td>\n        <td>now<\/td>\n        <td>\uc9c0\uae08<\/td>\n        <td>\u4eca<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td>\u4ee5\u524d<\/td>\n        <td>y\u01d0qi\u00e1n<\/td>\n        <td>before<\/td>\n        <td>\uc774\uc804<\/td>\n        <td>\u4ee5\u524d<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n      <tr>\n        <td><span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4ee5\u5f8c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4ee5\u540e<\/span><\/td>\n        <td>y\u01d0h\u00f2u<\/td>\n        <td>after<\/td>\n        <td>\uc774\ud6c4<\/td>\n        <td>\u4ee5\u5f8c<\/td>\n      <\/tr>\n    <\/tbody>\n  <\/table>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-kicker\">Putting it all together<\/p>\n  <h3 class=\"odc-examples-title\" style=\"color:#8a2c22 !important;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Examples\"><\/span>Examples<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-example\">\n    <ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u4e0a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceosh\u00e0ng<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">8<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u9ede<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u98ef<\/span><rt>z\u01ceof\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u4e0a<\/span><rt>z\u01ceoshang<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">8<\/span><rt><\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u70b9<\/span><rt>di\u01cen<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u65e9\u996d<\/span><rt>z\u01ceof\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby>\n    <span class=\"odc-translation\">I eat breakfast at 8:00 am.<\/span>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"odc-tip\">\ud83d\udca1 Notice that \u65e9\u4e0a (the time word) comes <em>before<\/em> the verb <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5403\u65e9\u98ef<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5403\u65e9\u996d<\/span> \u2014 in Chinese, time words are placed before the action, not after like in English. Read more in <a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/13\/chinese-sentence-structure\/\">Chinese Sentence Structure<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-example\">\n    <ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ee5\u524d<\/span><rt>y\u01d0qi\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6015<\/span><rt>p\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u72d7<\/span><rt>g\u01d2u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u4ee5\u524d<\/span><rt>y\u01d0qi\u00e1n<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u6015<\/span><rt>p\u00e0<\/rt><span class=\"rb\">\u72d7<\/span><rt>g\u01d2u<\/rt><\/ruby>\n    <span class=\"odc-translation\">He was afraid of dogs before he came to Taiwan.<\/span>\n  <\/p>\n\n  <p class=\"odc-kicker\">Test yourself<\/p>\n  <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vocabulary_Quiz\"><\/span>Vocabulary Quiz<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n  <div class=\"odc-quiz-wrap\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"odc-quiz-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/\u56fe\u793aHSK1.png\" alt=\"HSK1\">\n    <div class=\"odc-quiz\" id=\"odc-quiz-numbers\"><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <script>\n  (function(){\n    var quizData = [\n      {type:'mc', prompt:'\u516b means...', options:['8','4','6','9'], answer:0},\n      {type:'type', prompt:'Type the pinyin for \u56db.', accept:['si']},\n      {type:'mc', prompt:'Which character means \"10,000\"?', options:['<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u842c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4e07<\/span>','\u5343','\u767e','\u5341'], answer:0},\n      {type:'type', prompt:'Type the number (in digits) for \u4e5d\u5341\u4e09.', accept:['93']},\n      {type:'mc', prompt:'\u65e9\u4e0a means...', options:['Morning','Evening','Noon','Afternoon'], answer:0},\n      {type:'type', prompt:'Type the pinyin for \u665a\u4e0a.', accept:['wanshang']},\n      {type:'mc', prompt:'Which word means \"now\"?', options:['<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u73fe\u5728<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u73b0\u5728<\/span>','\u4ee5\u524d','<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u4ee5\u5f8c<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4ee5\u540e<\/span>','\u65e9\u4e0a'], answer:0},\n      {type:'type', prompt:'Type the English word for \u4ee5\u524d.', accept:['before']},\n      {type:'mc', prompt:'\u534a means...', options:['Half','Minute','Hour','O\\'clock'], answer:0},\n      {type:'type', prompt:'Type the pinyin for <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span>.', accept:['xiaoshi']},\n      {type:'mc', prompt:'Which number is \u516d\u5341\u516b?', options:['68','86','18','61'], answer:0},\n      {type:'type', prompt:'Type the pinyin for \u5341\u4e8c.', accept:['shier']},\n      {type:'mc', prompt:'Which word means \"afternoon\"?', options:['\u4e0b\u5348','\u4e0a\u5348','\u4e2d\u5348','\u665a\u4e0a'], answer:0},\n      {type:'type', prompt:'Type the English word for <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u73fe\u5728<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u73b0\u5728<\/span>.', accept:['now']},\n      {type:'mc', prompt:'<span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u5206\u949f<\/span> means...', options:['Minutes','Minute','Hour','Half'], answer:0}\n    ];\n\n    var root = document.getElementById('odc-quiz-numbers');\n    var current = 0;\n    var score = 0;\n    var answered = false;\n\n    function stripTones(s){\n      return s.normalize('NFD').replace(\/[\\u0300-\\u036f]\/g,'').toLowerCase().replace(\/[^a-z0-9]\/g,'');\n    }\n\n    function render(){\n      if (current >= quizData.length) { renderScore(); 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