🔢 Numbers 11–99

Unit 2 · People, family & numbers (HSK 1) · 8 min

Numbers build up: 十一 = 10+1 = 11, 二十 = 2×10 = 20, 九十九 = 99. Ask "how many" with 几 jǐ for small numbers (under ten) and 多少 duōshao for any amount.

Words in this lesson

• 十一 (shí yī) — eleven
• 二十 (èr shí) — twenty
• 五十 (wǔ shí) — fifty
• 九十九 (jiǔ shí jiǔ) — ninety-nine
• 几 (jǐ) — how many (small number)
• 多少 (duō shao) — how many; how much
• 零 (líng) — zero

Project: Read your phone number aloud in Chinese, digit by digit.