Chinese Numbers 周 游 You Zhou 周 游 You Zhou Hanban Chinese Teacher Confucius Institute at Edge Hill University

Warm-up Chant: Chinese Numbers (0-10) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eLP3FuuEVs

0零 líng

1 一 yī

2 二 èr

3 三 sān

4 四 sì

5 五 wǔ

6 六 liù

7 七 qī

8 八 bā

9 九 jiǔ

10 十 shí

líng yī 零 wǔ 一 五 èr 二 sān sì 三 四

liù qī bā 七 八 六 jiǔ 九 shí 十

Activity1 Sing the Chinese number song.

Number song with English music Sing the number song. Yī, èr, sān, sì, wǔ, Nǐ hǎo。Nǐ hǎo ma? Wǒ hěn hǎo。 One, two, three, four, five, Hello. How are you? I am very well. liù, qī, bā, jiǔ, shí, Xiè xie。Bù yòng xiè。Zài jiàn。 Six, seven, eight, nine, ten, Thanks. You are welcome. Bye-bye.

Activity2 Let’s count from 0 to 10 together Let’s count from 0 to 10 to each other Let’s count from 0 to 10,and every person count one number. Count how many…

一 yī 二 èr 三 sān 四 sì 五 wǔ 6. 六 liù 7. 七 qī 8. 八 bā 9. 九 jiǔ 10.十 shí 数字 numbers 一 yī 二 èr 三 sān 四 sì 五 wǔ 6. 六 liù 7. 七 qī 8. 八 bā 9. 九 jiǔ 10.十 shí

Yi 一 ba 八 Liu 六 Si 四 Shi 十 Er 二 Qi 七 ling 零 wu 五 Jiu 九 Ba San 三 shi

Activity4 Find the neighbours of the numbers Eg. One person says 4, and the person next to him/her says 3 and 5

一 yī 二 èr 三 sān 四 sì 五 wǔ 6. 六 liù 7. 七 qī 8. 八 bā 9. 九 jiǔ 10.十 shí 数字 numbers 一 yī 二 èr 三 sān 四 sì 五 wǔ 6. 六 liù 7. 七 qī 8. 八 bā 9. 九 jiǔ 10.十 shí

Activity5 Reverse the order of the numbers Eg. One person says 234, and the person next to him/her says 432 Eg. One person says 23456789, and the person next to him/her says 98765432

一 yī 二 èr 三 sān 四 sì 五 wǔ 6. 六 liù 7. 七 qī 8. 八 bā 9. 九 jiǔ 10.十 shí 数字 numbers 一 yī 二 èr 三 sān 四 sì 五 wǔ 6. 六 liù 7. 七 qī 8. 八 bā 9. 九 jiǔ 10.十 shí

Activity6 Say the numbers on the cards to your friends in random order.

Activity7:please say it loud as soon as the figure’s been enlarged. 8 10 4 9 7 10 2 5 1 1 4 4 1 8 9 2 7 3 9 7 5 2 1 3 4 6 9 3 5 6 8 6 7 7 2 9 8 3 6 10 4 3 8

Activity8 To calculate Plus 加 jiā Minus 减 jiǎn Eg. One person says 2(èr) 加 4 (sì), and the other people say 6 (liù) Eg. One person says 8 (bā)减 3 (sān), and the other people say 5 (wǔ)

duō shǎo 多 少 How many…? 七 qī

duō shǎo 多 少 How many…? 六 liù six

duō shǎo 多 少 How many…? five 五 wǔ

duō shǎo 多 少 How many…? two 二 èr

duō shǎo 多 少 How many…? 八 bā eight

duō shǎo 多 少 How many…? four 四 sì

duō shǎo 多 少 How many…? nine 九 jiǔ

duō shǎo 多 少 How many…? 七 qī seven

11-19 14 15 16 17 18 19 11=10+1 十一 shí wǔ shí sì 十二 12=10+2 shí liù shíyī 十一 11=10+1 shí wǔ shí sì 14 15 shíèr 十二 12=10+2 shí liù shí qī shísān 十三 13=10+3 16 17 shí bā shí jiǔ 18 19

20-90 20= 2×10 30 = 3×10 40 = 4×10 50 = 5×10 60 = 6×10 70 = 7×10 80 = 8×10 90 = 9×10 èr shí sān shí sì shí wǔ shí liù shí qī shí bā shí jiǔ shí

。。。 。。。 100 一百 yī bǎi shí èrshí sānshí sìshí wǔshí liùshí qīshí bāshí jiǔshí shíyī shíbā 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 11=10+1 十一 18=10+8 十八 22= 20+2 二十二 25= 20+5 二十五 37=30+7 三十七 39=30+9 三十九 èr shí èr èr shí wǔ sān shí qī sān shí jiǔ 。。。 。。。 100 一百 yī bǎi

Activity9 Let’s count from 0 to 100, every person count one number.

èｒ ｓｈí ｓāｎ 23 44 57 35 62 83 99 79

语言点Language Points 2.百以内的数字 Number below 100 1 yī 2 èr 3 sān 4 sì 5 wǔ 6 liù 7 qī 8 bā 9 jiǔ 10 shí 20 èrshí 30 sānshí 40 sìshí 50 wǔshí 60 liùshí 70 qīshí 80 bāshí 90 jiǔshí 23 èrshísān 56 wǔshíliù 88 bāshíbā 99 jiǔshíjiǔ

Warm-up Please think about the following questions before enjoying the video. 1. What numbers are lucky ones? Why? 2. What numbers are unlucky ones? Why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT52hREAf18

Superstitions in Number

Lucky Number In Chinese culture the numbers 6, 8 and 9 are considered lucky because of the sound they make.

六 liù 6 sounds like the word for “everything going smoothly” = liu

九 jiǔ 9 sounds like the word for “everlasting” = jiu so is often used in weddings

八 bā 8 sounds like “great fortune coming soon” = fa There is even a Chinese restaurant named 888 in Rosemead, America

Monterey Park in the United States has the nation’s highest concentration of Chinese because the post code was originally 818

A millionaire in Hong Kong paid millions of dollars for a car licence plate beginning with 888

A telephone number with all digits being eights was sold for $270,000 in China

The opening ceremony of the Summer Olympics in Beijing began on 8/8/08 at 8 seconds and 8 minutes past 8 pm

Unlucky Number 4 is an unlucky number because it sounds like the word for death = Si so some buildings in China don’t have a fourth floor

A Game Counting the numbers from 1-100, when counting lucky numbers such as 6,8,9,16,18,19….66,88,99, you should count twice; when it’s the unlucky numbers (4, 14…44, 40-49,…94), you should skip it.

Do the Chinese numbers

Useful Web links Numbers 0-10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eLP3FuuEVs Numbers 1-100 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ8-EpS4tL4 Numbers 100-1000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOULYSwBLRo Most Lucky and Unlucky Numbers for Chinese People http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwvlAbisiRc

Homework 1. Count the numbers from 1 to 100

Xiè xie。 谢 谢。Thanks. Bù kè qì。=bù yòng xiè。 不 客气。= 不 用 谢。 不 客气。= 不 用 谢。 You are welcome. Zài jiàn。 再 见。 Bye-bye. 58