“情人眼里出西施。”

“In the eyes of a lover, Xi Shi appears.”

-Chinese Proverb

Introduction

In this post we’re going to be talking about the numbers seven, eight, and nine, The tougher part was in the last post, in this post we’re drifting back dangerously close to the difficulty level of one, two, and three. Let’s begin!

The Number Seven

qī ，【七】，(Seven)

Spell it as
q-ī
(Two Strokes)

Seven is a pretty simple one, it’s a line and crossing the line is an upside down seven. or a right-side up L, no but in all actuality it’s just another chinese symbol, I’m only using the piece of it that looks likea seven to help you to memorize it the way that I used. Now everytime I think of this number I think ‘Oh that’s easy, it already kind of looks like a seven. In all actuality it doesn’t look like a seven in the least.

But here’s how to pronounce 七 and I supposed I’ll show you how to write it as well.

How to speak and write 七。

The Number Eight

bā，【八】，Eight

Spell it as:
b-ā

(Two Strokes)

Along with 1, 2 and 3, eight i basically kindergarden level. You know, ‘chinese’ kindergarden level. Simply put, it’s a triangle without a base. Of course I’m going to show you how o write it though. You must learn how to pronounce it somehow and what better way than my own pronunciation of it? Even though I don’t really care for my own voice and my current boss, or any Chinese native, would pronounce it a million times better than me. I’m usually alone while working on this blog, so I’m all ya got. Scary, I know.

Well, let’s get to the speaking and stroking of the number eight in chinese. As always there’s a video below.

How to speak and write 八。

jiǔ，【九】，Nine

The Number 9

Spell it as:
j-i-ǔ

(Two Strokes)

Not much to say about nine, two strokes and it’s done. Here’s how to write it!

How to speak and write 九。