Numbers (and 两 vs 二)

Structure 十 = 10 · 二十 = 20 · 二十一 = 21

One to ten: 一二三四五六七八九十. After that you combine them: 十一 (11), 二十 (20), 二十一 (21), 一百 (100). Zero is 零. There are TWO words for "two": 二 (èr) is the digit (when counting, in 二十, in dates) and 两 (liǎng) is "two of something", used before a measure word: 两个人 (two people), not 二个人.

Examples

我wǒ有yǒu三sān本běn书shū。
I have three books.
现xiàn在zài两liǎng点diǎn。
It’s two o’clock.
他tā二èr十shí岁suì。
He is twenty.

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