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This article will teach you how to remember the pronunciation and characters of the Chinese numbers from 0 to 9 using stories and other associations.
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1Use the following picture to remember the pronunciation and Chinese characters of the numbers 0-9:
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3一 is so Easy and sounds like E.
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4二 sounds like R.
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5三 sounds like the first part of sandwich and looks like one.
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6四 four is 四, force yourself to pronounce the "ce" part harder and it looks like a window with curtains.
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7五 sounds like woo, 三+二(change the direction)=五
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8六 is a happy dancing boy named Leo and Leo is six.
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9七 sounds like first part of cheese and write 7 upside down.
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10八 looks like papa's mustache and papa likes going to the bar.
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11九 is Joe, a drunk person kneeling down on the ground.
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12〇 sounds like first part of "link", linking zeroes together.
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13We use the wild association to help you learn how to say and write the Chinese numbers. Don't worry about your pronunciation at first. It will be better and better.
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wikiHow is a “wiki,” similar to Wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are co-written by multiple authors. To create this article, 12 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. This article has been viewed 36,892 times.
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Updated: January 1, 2023
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Categories: Counting in Other Languages
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