We will learn 3 charcaters which are related to
numbers today,
十shí ten - 百bǎi hundred - 千qiān shousand
十shí means ten in Chinese. Originally it
was a knot, please look at the oracle bone character
Some words with 十
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十一（shíyī） 11
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十二（shíèr） 12
•
十三（shísān）13
百bǎi means hundred. It looks like a head
in old character, please have a look. Ancient Chinese people use the image of
head to show the meaning of hundred.
Words with 百
•
一百（yì bǎi） 100
•
二百（èr bǎi） 200
•
三百（sān bǎi） 300
千qiān means thousand. Since we use a head
to show Hundred, how do we show Thousand?
It must be bigger than a head, isn’t it? It is a person with a horizontal
line.
Words with 千
•
一千（yì qiān） 1000
•
一千人（yì qiān rén） 1000 people
•
几千人（jǐ qiān rén） thousands of
people
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