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🎙️5️⃣How Old Are You? – Talking About Age and Numbers in Chinese

🎙️5️⃣How Old Are You? – Talking About Age and Numbers in Chinese

Update: 2025-10-14
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In this episode, we’ll learn how to ask How old are you? in Chinese, and count from 1 to 99! Numbers in Chinese are super logical — once you know how to count to 10, you can count to 99. Let’s snack on some easy Chinese math today! ☕🥟

  • 你多大? (nǐ duō dà?) – How old are you?

  • 我二十岁。 (wǒ èrshí suì.) – I’m 20 years old.


1–10:
一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十
(yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ, liù, qī, bā, jiǔ, shí)

11–19:
十一, 十二, 十三, 十四, 十五, 十六, 十七, 十八, 十九
(shí yī, shí èr, shí sān, shí sì, shí wǔ, shí liù, shí qī, shí bā, shí jiǔ)

20–29:
二十, 二十一, 二十二, 二十三, 二十四, 二十五, 二十六, 二十七, 二十八, 二十九

30, 40, 50… 90:

三十, 四十, 五十, 六十, 七十, 八十, 九十

And finally — 九十九 (jiǔ shí jiǔ) = 99!"

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🎙️5️⃣How Old Are You? – Talking About Age and Numbers in Chinese

🎙️5️⃣How Old Are You? – Talking About Age and Numbers in Chinese

Janine TAN