Basic Rules of Hanyu Pinyin – Numerals and measure words

Whole numbers from eleven to ninety-nine are written together

一
二
三
四
五
六
七
八
九
十
十一
二十一
三十一
四十一
五十一

yī
èr
sān
sì
wǔ
liù
qī
bā
jiǔ
shí
shí yī
èr shí yī
sān shí yī
sì shí yī
wǔ shí yī

один

два
три
четыре
5
шесть
семь
восемь
девять
десять
одиннадцать
Двадцать один
Тридцать один
Сорок один
Пятьдесят один

one
two
three
four
Fives
six
Seven
Eight
nine
ten
eleven
twenty one
thirty-one
forty one
fifty one

Bǎi (hundred), qiān (thousand), wàn (ten thousand), yì(hundred million) are linked with the integer in front of them, but “ten thousand” and “hundred million” are separated from zeros following them. For example:
- jiǔyì líng qīwàn èrqiān sānbǎi wǔshíliù (900,072,356) 九亿七万两千三百五十六
Di + Numeral indicates order, and it is linked by a hyphen with the number. For example:
- dì-shísān (thirteenth),第十三
- dì-èrshíbā (twenty-eighth)第二十八
Numbers and Measure Words are separated:
- liǎng ge rén (two people), 两个人
- yī dà wǎn fàn (a big bowl of cooked rice)一大碗饭
“Duō, lái, jǐ” indicate a rough quantity (yuēshù), and they are separated from the numbers and measure words that precede and follow them. For example:
- yībǎi duō ge (more than 100), 一百多个
- shí lái wàn rén (about 100,000 people)十来万人
Numbers indicating “more than ten and several score” are linked. For example:
- shíjǐ ge rén (more than ten people),十几个人
- jǐshí ge rén (several tens of people)几十个人