Numbers - begin to count

In a way, learning to count numbers in Chinese is easier than learning to count in English or French. If you manage to remember how to count from 1 to 10, you can count up to 99. Let's see how it works.

'0' - líng; '1' - yī; '2' - èr; '3' - sān; '4' - sì; '5' - wǔ
'6' - liù; '7' - qī; '8' - bā; '9' - jiǔ; '10' - shí

After that, when you say '11', it's simply '10' and '1', i.e. 'shí yī'. For '12', it's '10' and '2', i.e. 'shí èr'. '13' - 'shí sān', ... '19' - 'shí jiǔ'.

Then, for '20', you say '2' and '10', i.e. 'èr shí'. When it comes to '21', you say '20' and '1', i.e. 'èr shí yī'; '22' - 'èr shí èr'; '23' - 'èr shí sān', '24' - 'èr shí sì'...'29' - 'èr shí  jiǔ'.

...'35' - 'sān shí wǔ', ...'46' - 'sì shí liù', ...'57' - 'wǔ shí qī', ...'68' - 'liù shí bā', ...'77' - 'qī shí qī', ... '88' - 'bā shí bā', ... '99' - 'jiǔ shí jiǔ'.

Well, let's keep it within 100 for now. You can count from 0 to 99 now, can't you?