🔢 Numbers 1–10

Unit 1 · Tones, greetings & introductions (HSK 1) · 9 min

1–10 build every number: 11 = 十一, 20 = 二十. Ask age: 你几岁?

Words in this lesson

• 一 (yī) — one; single
• 二 (èr) — two; 2
• 三 (sān) — three; 3
• 四 (sì) — four; 4
• 五 (wǔ) — five; 5
• 六 (liù) — six; 6
• 七 (qī) — seven; 7
• 八 (bā) — eight
• 九 (jiǔ) — nine; 9
• 十 (shí) — ten; 10
• 几 (jǐ) — how many; how much; several; a few
• 岁 (suì) — years old

Chinese people sign 1–10 on one hand; ask a colleague to show you.

Project: Read your phone number digit by digit in Chinese, record and listen.