Mandarin Chinese

Language name and location: Mandarin Chinese, China [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 汉语普通话, 普通话是以北京语音为标准音

1. yī [ji⁵⁵]	21. èr shí yī
2. èr [ɤ⁵¹]	22. èr shí èr
3. sān [san⁵⁵]	23. èr shí sān
4. sì [si⁵¹]	24. èr shí si
5. wǔ [wu²¹⁴]	25. èr shí wǔ
6. liù [liu⁵¹]	26. èr shí liù
7. qī [tɕʰi⁵⁵]	27. èr shí qī
8. bā [pa⁵⁵]	28. èr shí bā
9. jiǔ [tɕiu²¹⁴]	29. èr shí jiǔ
10. shí [ʂi³⁵]	30. sān shí
11. shí yī	40. sì shí
12. shí èr	50. wǔ shí
13. shí sān	60. liù shí
14. shí sì	70. qī shí
15. shí wǔ	80. bā shí
16. shí liù	90. jiǔ shí
17. shí qī	100. yī bǎi [ji⁵⁵pai²¹⁴]
18. shí bā	200. liǎng bǎi [liaŋ²¹⁴pai²¹⁴]
19. shí jiǔ	1000. yī qiān [ji⁵⁵tɕʰian⁵⁵]
20. èr shí	2000. liǎng qiān [liaŋ²¹⁴tɕʰian⁵⁵]

Other comments: Mandarin Chinese (Standard Mandarin/Putonghua) has a decimal system, the formation of compounds and tens is straight. Mandarin number 'two' has two forms: 'èr' is used in serial courting from 1 to 99, while 'liǎng' is used with hundred, thousand only. Mandarin has four tonesː the first tone or High tone is ɑ̄ ˥˥⁵⁵, the second tone or Mid rising tone is ɑ́ ˧˥³⁵, the third tone or Low dipping tone ɑ̌ ˧˨˥²¹⁴ and the fourth tone or High falling tone is ɑ̀ ˥˩⁵¹.

Standard Chinese (simplified Chinese: 普通话; traditional Chinese: 普通話; pinyin: pǔtōnghuà), in linguistics known as Standard Northern Mandarin, Standard Beijing Mandarin or simply Mandarin, is a dialect of Mandarin that emerged as the lingua franca among the speakers of various Mandarin and other varieties of Chinese (Hokkien, Cantonese and beyond). Standard Mandarin is designated as one of the major languages in the United Nations, mainland China, Singapore, and Taiwan.

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