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Chinese word list: Numerals — 59 words

59 words · Story levels: A0–B1
Including: 一个 · 一 · 3 · 2 · 三

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一个

yí ge

a/an

bā

eight

Also means: eight, a lucky symbol of wealth

带了8升水,够了老周,放心

Brought 8 liters of water, that's enough Lao Zhou, don't worry.

沙漠骑行的最后一格电 · A2

dìyī

first

Also means: first place · firstly

我们家,第一个大学生。

Our family, The first college student.

爸爸的1977准考证 · A1

shí'èr

twelve

深夜,海滩上。12岁的林小宇发现了一窝海龟蛋。天亮前,营地的卡车就要开过那片沙地。他只能向海龟热线求救。

Late at night, on the beach. 12-year-old Lin Xiaoyu discovered a nest of sea turtle eggs. Before dawn, the camp's trucks would drive over that stretch of sand. He could only call the sea turtle hotline for help.

海龟蛋窝的深夜求救 · A1

shíyī

eleven

今晚11点47分那趟车,屏蔽门跟车门合上差了0.5秒。

Tonight's 11:47 train, the platform door and the train door closure was off by 0.5 seconds.

地铁站的匿名短信 · B1

jǐ

few

Also means: what (time)

前面几页字都晕开了,之前是不是进水了?

The writing on the first few pages is all blurred, did water get in before?

关门倒计时里的火锅配方 · A2

liù

six

Also means: sixth

一、三、五都可以,二、四、六不可以。

One, three, or five are all okay, two, four, or six are not allowed.

河神只收单数的贡品 · A1

bā

eight

你八岁那年被邻居小孩用蜡笔点上的,后来一直没消。

The neighbor's kid drew it on you with a crayon when you were eight, and it never faded.

手机里的另一个自己 · B1

dì wǔ

fifth

他的包裹今天又来了,这是第五个了。

His package arrived again today, this is the fifth one.

已故邻居的包裹 · A2

yìbǎi

hundred

他跳得非常努力,最后跳到了一百下。

He jumped very hard (with a lot of effort), finally jumped to one hundred times.

跳绳比赛数错的那一下 · A2

yìqiān

thousand

大约一千年前,一个年轻和尚拿着一卷经书,走进敦煌莫高窟的藏经洞。

About a thousand years ago, a young monk carrying a scroll of scripture, walked into the Library Cave at the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang.

敦煌藏经洞封门前的最后一卷 · A2

wǔbǎi

five hundred

离终点只剩下不到五百米的时候,苏敏突然听到前面传来一声喊叫。

When there were less than five hundred meters left to the finish line, Su Min suddenly heard a shout coming from ahead.

马拉松终点前摔倒的那个人 · B1

dìjiǔ

ninth

她小时候就听说过一个传说:前八扇门可以随便开,但第九扇门只能敲,绝对不能推开。

She had heard a legend when she was a child: the first eight doors could be opened freely, but the ninth door could only be knocked on, it absolutely must not be pushed open.

不能推开的第九扇门 · B1

liùshí

sixty

傻孩子,秘密藏了六十年,就是等你这样的人来解开的。

Silly child, the secret has been hidden for sixty years, just waiting for someone like you to come and unravel it.

三线厂的加密电报 · B1

jǐbǎi

several hundred

可是,如果他猜错了,或者手一抖,那幅几百年的壁画就会被毁掉,再也回不来了。

But, if he guessed wrong, or if his hand shook, that centuries-old mural would be destroyed, and could never be recovered.

张大千临摹敦煌壁画的三年 · B1

èrshíyī

twenty-one

她明明只准备了二十笼的材料,可是到了开门营业的时候,厨房里却摆着二十一笼热气腾腾的包子。

She clearly only prepared ingredients for twenty steamers, but when it came time to open for business, the kitchen actually had displayed twenty-one steamers of piping hot buns.

包子铺每天多出的那一笼 · B1

èrshíwǔ

twenty-five

附近有一个渔港避风点,距你们大概二十五海里。

There is a fishing port shelter point nearby, about 25 nautical miles away from you.

渔船失联的三小时 · B1

liǎngbǎi

two hundred

意思是,爷爷欠黄家两百块钱,一直没还。

It means, Grandpa owed the Huang family two hundred dollars, and never paid it back.

南洋批信里的秘密 · A2

jǐshí

dozens of

这是祠堂后墙里翻出来的老木箱,锁了几十年了。

This is an old wooden box found in the back wall of the ancestral hall, locked for decades.

族谱App里消失的名字 · B1

sān shí liù

thirty-six

今年,英歌舞队一共有三十六个人,每个人代表一位英雄。

This year, there are thirty-six people in the Yingge dance team in total, each person representing a hero.

潮汕英歌舞队少的那张脸谱 · A2

èr shí sān

twenty-three

到了腊月二十三,妈妈说:“今天晚上,灶王爷要上天了。

When it came to the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month, Mom said: “Tonight, the Kitchen God is going to heaven.

灶王爷上天前吃的那块糖 · A2

shíjǐ

ten-odd

就在我现在站的地方附近,大概十几公尺。

Right near where I'm standing now, about ten-plus meters.

山上失联的队友 · B1

dìsānshí

thirtieth

前二十公里很顺利,可是到了第三十公里,她的腿开始疼起来。

The first twenty kilometers went smoothly, but by the thirtieth kilometer, her legs started to hurt.

马拉松终点前摔倒的那个人 · B1

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