Counting in Chinese for Kids Can Be Easy

Counting in Chinese for kids is easy, as it is similar to counting in English at the start of the numbers. The beginning 10 numbers are pronounced and written easily in both English and Chinese. As the numbers begin to increase when counting in English, as with 11-100, they are said very differently from the lower numbers, but Chinese character numbers are a bit more logical to say. The reason Chinese is more logical is that the numbers are said as they would be if the numbers were added or multiplied together.

The biggest difference between counting in English and counting in Chinese is that while you count Chinese numbers, you use measurement words. The measurement words are to classify and count the various nouns. The most used measure word is "ge." When you count Mandarin Chinese numbers in terms of counting objects, you add together the number with the measurement word then with the object. For example, when counting in Chinese character numbers, a single person is "ye ge ren." Although, when you are speaking aloud and are actually referring to people, the "ren" is not needed.

Counting in Chinese for kids (or for even adults) gets easier the more you practice. One of the most important things to know for counting Chinese character numbers are the four different tones that are need to say the number. The different tones, known as pinyin, can be a bit confusing when you first start, but you can use your fingers while you are learning, which will help you associate the number value with the pronunciation of the pinyin and avoid any confusion.

However, there are things that can make the process of counting in Chinese for kids simpler. As long as you have memorized counting to 10 in Chinese character numbers, you can at least count to 100 easily. The reason behind this is that the larger numbers are spoken and written as if you were to add the smaller numbers together, such as the numbers 11 to 19, or they are spoken and written as if you were to multiply or multiply and add the numbers together, as with the numbers 20 to 100. When you count Chinese character numbers, such as 12, they are expressed as 10 - 2 or such as 40, which is expressed as 4 x 10.

As the numbers begin to get larger, such as with 100, it starts to get trickier - you have to pay closer attention to the location and number of the zeros. When there is a zero in the number like with 106, the Mandarin Chinese number has to be said as one-hundred zero six because the zero is the middle number. If there is multiple zeros in the middle, such as with 2003, only one zero has to be used so it would be two thousand zero three. When a zero is the ending number, the zero Chinese character number is not used.

Now as you can see, counting in Chinese for kids can be easy, once you learn the counting system of course, but even that isn't too difficult. So don't wait any longer. Start your Mandarin Chinese lessons today!

Counting in Chinese for kids can be easy, once you know your basic numbers and a few rules of course. Regardless of how easy it can be, if you want to count in Chinese, you need to start learning the language. Simply visit http://www.speakmandarin.com/ today, so you too can start counting in Chinese!

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