Learning Chinese

Basics

Numbers 1–10

The first ten numbers are among the easiest characters to learn. Each cell animates the stroke order — click ↻ Replay to play again.

NumberCharacterPinyin
1
2
èr
3
sān
4
5
6
liù
7
8
9
jiǔ
10
shí

Larger numbers combine: 11 = 十一 (shí yī, "ten one"), 20 = 二十 (èr shí, "two ten"), 25 = 二十五 (èr shí wǔ, "two ten five").

Quiz

Pick the best answer for each question. You get feedback right away.

  1. Which character means "5"?

  2. How do you write 25 in Chinese?

  3. The pinyin for 七 is: