How to write 14 in mandarin

How to Say Year in Chinese? Year in Chinese is 年 Nián. We read the individual Chinese digits for Year in Chinese and not how you would say the cardinal number 1815 as One thousand eight hundred and fifteen 一千八百十五 Yīqiān bābǎi shíwǔ or

“Fourteen” is expressed as 十四 ( shísì) or “ten-four.” That means apart from zero to ten, the only words you need to know to be able to use the whole number system are large numbers, starting with hundred 百 (yībǎi), thousand, 千 (yīqiān). After a thousand comes ten thousand, 万 (wàn), and a hundred million, 亿 (yì).

You read the digit 2 as 两 Liǎng and not 二 Èr when you say the Hour in Chinese. On the contrary, if you want to tell the Minutes and Seconds in Mandarin, you say it as 二 Èr and not 两 Liǎng. Say the “ Two ” according to how you would read the Chinese Numeral 2.

We’ve put together this table of Mandarin Chinese numbers 1 – 20 for any language learners new to studying Chinese. We’ve also included a video below with voice pronunciation. Try listening to it a few times, maybe when you’re on the computer doing other things, and you’ll pick up the words in no time!