How to count in Chinese from 1 – 20 with English pronunciation?

6 Comments

1. yunheb says:

   October 7, 2009 at 4:18 am

   1 – yee
   2 – are
   3 – sun
   4 – (this is a toughy, no english word sound like it) but if you just go sssssss, u know that sssss sound, do it very briefly with the addition of your vocal cord, and that’ll be it
   5 – woo
   6 – leo
   7 – chee
   8 – bah
   9 – joe
   10 – shhhh (yes same as the hushing sound we make when we tell ppl to shut up, except u also add in your vocal chord so it’s not just a whistling sound from blowing air)
   from 11-19, all the same pronounciations except you add "shhh" to the beginning, like
   shhh-yee for 11, shhh-are for 12…
   and for 20, it’s are-shhhh

   the above answers were good but i thought they could still be confusing for a native english speaker who knows diddly about chinese.
2. confused23 says:

   October 7, 2009 at 4:18 am

   freetranslation.com
3. Aidant says:

   October 7, 2009 at 4:18 am

   1 一 yi (ee)
   2 二 er (ar)
   3 三 san (san)
   4 四 si (like ’si’ from ’sick’)
   5 五 wu (woo)
   6 六 liu (lee-oh)
   7 七 qi (chee like ‘cheese’)
   8 八 ba (baa)
   9 九 jiu (gee-oh)
   10 十 shi (like ’shir’ with a very short ‘i’ sound)
   11 十一 (as above – just shi+1/2/3 etc)
   12 十二
   13 十三
   14 十四
   15 十五
   16 十六
   17 十七
   18 十八
   19 十九
   20 二十
4. Katie says:

   October 7, 2009 at 4:18 am

   1= ee
   2= ur
   3= sun
   4= sue ( pronouce short)
   5= woo
   6= lyoo
   7= chee
   8= bah
   9= joo
   10= sue~ ( pronouce long)
   11= sue-ee
   12= sue-ur
   13= sue-sun
   14= sue-sue
   15= sue-woo
   16= sue-lyoo
   17= sue-chee
   18= sue-bah
   19= sue-joo
   20= ur-sue
5. alegna^ says:

   October 7, 2009 at 4:18 am

   1 – yi (1st tone)
   2 – er (4th tone)
   3 – san (1st tone)
   4 – si (4th tone)
   5 – wu (3rd tone)
   6 – liu (4th tone)
   7 – qi (1st tone)
   8 – ba (1st tone)
   9 – jiu (3rd tone)
   10 – shi (2nd tone)
   11 – shi yi
   12 – shi er
   13 – shi san
   14 – shi si
   15 – shi wu
   16 – shi liu
   17 – shi qi
   18 – shi ba
   19 – shi jiu
   20 – er shi
6. 跳舞飞扬 says:

   October 7, 2009 at 4:18 am

   I wrote it with the pinyin, I hope it helps!　

   1 一 yī
   2 二 èr
   3 三 sān
   4 四 sì
   5 五 wǔ
   6 六 lìu
   7 七 qī
   8 八 bā
   9 九 jǐu
   10 十 shí
   11 十一 shí yī
   12 十二 shí èr
   13 十三 shí sān
   14 十四 shí sì
   15 十五 shí wǔ
   16 十六 shí liù
   17 十七 shí qī
   18 十八 shí bā
   19 十九 shí jǐu
   20 二十 èr shí