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Numbers in Chinese: How to Count in Chinese? (2026 Easiest Guide)

Chinese Numbers Are Easier Than You Think The secret is that Chinese uses a pure base‑10 system. In English, we have irregular words like “eleven,” “twelve,” and “thirteen” that you just have to memorize separately. Chinese is different: eleven is literally “ten‑one” (十一), twelve is “ten‑two” (十二), and twenty is “two‑ten” (二十). The pattern holds all the way up. This…

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