Chinese Without a Teacher (1922)/The Numerals

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1524915Chinese Without a Teacher — The Numerals1922Herbert Allen Giles

Chinese without a Teacher.




THE NUMERALS.
1 Yee or ee.
2 or or Ur or layang or layah.
3 Sah or sahn
4 Sir.
5 Woo.
6 Layo.
7 Ch‘ee.
8 Pah.
9 Cheeoo.
10 Shirt.
11 十一 Shirtyee.
12 十二 Shirtur.
13 十三 Shirtsahn.
20 二十 Urshirt.
26 二十六 Urshirtlayo.
30 三十 Sahnshirt.
87 八十七 Pahshirtch‘ee.
91 九十一 Cheeooshirtyee.
100 一百 Yee pi.
101 一百零一 Yee pi ling yee.
110 一百一十 Yee pi yee shirt.
112 一百一十二 Yee pi yeeshirtur.
120 一百二十 Yee pi urshirt.
200 二百 Ur pi.
340 三百四十 Sahn pi sirshirt.
561 五百六十一 Woo pi layo shirtyee.
922 九百二十二 Cheeoo pi urshirtur.
1,000 一千 Yee ch‘e-enn.
1,010 一千零一十 Yee ch‘e-enn ling yeeshirt.
10,000 一萬 Yee wahn.
100,000 十萬 Shirt wahn.