“有缘千里来相会。”

“Fate has us meet from a thousand miles away.”

-Chinese Proverb

Introduction To Numbers 1, 2, and 3.

In this post I’m going to show you how to write, pronounce and spell the numbers one, two, and three in Mandarin. We will learn both ways to write the number two.  In the first section I will be going over the number one. As I’ve said before in every post I am an amateur at this, but the numbers I think I’ve got down pretty well.

I will have an entire page where I will slowly be adding them from 11 all the way up to 999. It will be done sometime in the next century most likely.

So you can check that page frequently, I’ll try to add at least ten a day, sometimes may get more.

The Number One

Spelled: y-ī

(One Stroke)

The first number I will give you is the simplest- yī it’s only a straight line with a small indent on the right side. Undoubtedly the easiest one to write

Having said that the numbers 2 and 3 are just as simple. I will have a video below this paragraph on how to write and pronounce l yī, written as a line and pronounced with a high “EEE” sound. even though a video is likely less than necessary, I’m being thorough.

The The Number Two (Part 1)

èr，【二】，two

(Two Strokes)

Next we will go over two- another very simple one, two lines stacked on top of each other. The top one a bit smaller than the bottom one. Spelled èr and pronounced with a hard “R” sound. Pronunciation will be in the video below as well as how to write it on paper.

But first we’ll take a look at…

The Number Two (Part 2)

liǎng，【两】，Two

(Seven Strokes)

The second way to write to that I am currently aware of is 两。

Rules about 两 and 二,

-Use 二 when speaking in terms of mathematics- at all times. basically when using numbers of any sort. like for ounting, speaking of how much currency a product is worth, and exchanging phone numbers.

-On the other hand use 两 as ‘Two’ when speaking of quantities of items. (Such as products you wish to purchase.)

Here’s how to write and pronounce both 二 and 两。

The Number 3.

(Three Strokes)

After all that time and one slightly… And by sligtly I mean oh so ever so slightly difficult one.you know the one that was more than just lines on lines on lines. I’m speaking on the symbol that actually took some work. A few strokes here and there and soon was born a Mandarin symbol.

It’s fun isn’t it? Time consuming but pretty rewarding at the same time. Like I said in th first post, Introduction To Numbers, if you really want to get the symbols down quickly and easily, write the pronunciations andthe symbol itself down time and time again.

Do that as many times as you think you need to mmorize a symbol, then put the symbol in the back of your head, mess with another symbol, take a break, go for a walk or take a nap. come back to it. A couple hours or a day later and see if you’ve got it down. If not, just repeat.

Outro

That’s the first thee numbers from English to Chinese. In the next post I will go over how to write 4, 5 , and 6. Then on the fourth post I will go over 7, 8, 9 and 10. And in the fifth and final post on numbers I will go over the hundred’s symbols. Zero, on hundred, one thousand, etc.

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