Learning Chinese numbers 1–500 gives you a much more practical range for larger prices, addresses, page numbers, room numbers, and everyday quantities that go beyond the earliest beginner lessons.

This page keeps the same lesson style as the rest of the series while expanding into a much broader number range. It is designed to help you recognize, pronounce, and translate numbers that appear often in real use.

If you are searching for Chinese Numbers 1-500 pronunciation or the common misspelling pronunciation, this page is built for that too. The charts include Number, Simplified, Traditional, and Pinyin, and the lesson text repeats Pinyin together with Simplified and Traditional in parentheses outside the charts, such as shí (十 / 十 / shí).

  • Chinese Numbers 1-500 chart review helps you recognize the forms quickly.
  • Pinyin support helps you hear and repeat the numbers more confidently.
  • Simplified + Traditional pairing helps connect modern mainland and traditional character forms.
  • Translate and audio / audible practice reinforce the patterns through repetition.

Chinese Numbers 1–500 Chart

Start with the chart below to see the full set of chinese numbers 1-500. On Teach Numbers, this chart supports clickable listening practice, so it is a good place to work on recognition, translate review, and pronunciation.

Click any number to hear it spoken aloud.

Use the chart first for quick recognition, then come back to it for audio or audible repetition after you have read the lesson sections below.


Key Chinese Numbers from 1 to 500

This reference table highlights the forms and turning points that matter most on a chinese numbers 1-500 page. It gives you a cleaner way to review the structure without losing sight of the larger chart.

NumberSimplifiedTraditionalPinyin
100一百一百yì bǎi (一百 / 一百 / yì bǎi)
101一百零一一百零一yì bǎi líng yī (一百零一 / 一百零一 / yì bǎi líng yī)
200二百二百èr bǎi (二百 / 二百 / èr bǎi)
250二百五十二百五十èr bǎi wǔ shí (二百五十 / 二百五十 / èr bǎi wǔ shí)
300三百三百sān bǎi (三百 / 三百 / sān bǎi)
375三百七十五三百七十五sān bǎi qī shí wǔ (三百七十五 / 三百七十五 / sān bǎi qī shí wǔ)
400四百四百sì bǎi (四百 / 四百 / sì bǎi)
450四百五十四百五十sì bǎi wǔ shí (四百五十 / 四百五十 / sì bǎi wǔ shí)
500五百五百wǔ bǎi (五百 / 五百 / wǔ bǎi)

Understanding Chinese Numbers 1–500

The biggest teaching focus on a Chinese Numbers 1–500 page is the hundreds family. Once you know yì bǎi (一百 / 一百 / yì bǎi), the next major forms are èr bǎi (二百 / 二百 / èr bǎi), sān bǎi (三百 / 三百 / sān bǎi), sì bǎi (四百 / 四百 / sì bǎi), and wǔ bǎi (五百 / 五百 / wǔ bǎi).

These hundred forms are useful because they show both regularity and clean structure. Learners also begin to notice that spoken Mandarin often prefers liǎng before certain measure-like units, even though the chart still centers on the standard numeral form èr.

Key forms and patterns to notice:

  • 100 is yì bǎi (一百 / 一百 / yì bǎi).
  • 200, 300, and 400 are èr bǎi (二百 / 二百 / èr bǎi), sān bǎi (三百 / 三百 / sān bǎi), and sì bǎi (四百 / 四百 / sì bǎi).
  • 500 is wǔ bǎi (五百 / 五百 / wǔ bǎi).
  • Mixed numbers in the hundreds still keep the lower number patterns inside them.

That pattern awareness is what makes a page like Chinese Numbers 1-500 more useful than a simple list. Once you stop treating each number as isolated, the larger system becomes much easier to remember.

Chinese Numbers Pronunciation Tips

If your main goal is Chinese Numbers 1-500 pronunciation, focus first on the forms that learners most often hesitate over. Repeat them slowly, then return to the chart and say them again at a more natural speed.

  • Practice the hundreds as a set: yì bǎi (一百 / 一百 / yì bǎi), èr bǎi (二百 / 二百 / èr bǎi), sān bǎi (三百 / 三百 / sān bǎi), sì bǎi (四百 / 四百 / sì bǎi), wǔ bǎi (五百 / 五百 / wǔ bǎi).
  • Repeat full mixed numbers like èr bǎi yī shí sì (二百一十四 / 二百一十四 / èr bǎi yī shí sì) and sān bǎi qī shí wǔ (三百七十五 / 三百七十五 / sān bǎi qī shí wǔ).
  • Use audio practice to hear where the natural phrasing falls in longer forms.
  • Keep reviewing líng (零 / 零 / líng) and the tens because they still appear inside the larger numbers.

Examples of Chinese Numbers 1–500 in Sentences

Reading the numbers in short everyday sentences helps move them out of isolation and into real use. These examples keep the vocabulary simple so you can focus on the number words themselves.

  • Zhège túshūguǎn yǒu sān bǎi běn shū. — This library has three hundred books.
  • Zhèlǐ yǒu sì bǎi gè rén. — Four hundred people live here.
  • Zǒng fèiyòng shì wǔ bǎi kuài. — The total cost is five hundred yuan.
  • Èr bǎi sì shí bā yè bèi biāojì le. — Page two hundred forty-eight is marked.
  • Wǒmen hái xūyào yì bǎi wǔ shí bǎ yǐzi. — We still need one hundred fifty chairs.

Practicing number words in real sentences makes pronunciation, recognition, and recall much stronger than memorizing a list by itself.


Try the Chinese Number Translate Tool

Use the translate tool to type a numeral and see the Chinese number word. This is one of the fastest ways to connect Chinese Numbers 1-500 with written forms, chart review, and pronunciation practice.

Chinese Number Translate

Type a number to see it written as a Chinese number word.

Example: 1234

How to Practice Chinese Numbers 1–500

Here are a few simple ways to review the lesson efficiently.

  • count by hundreds, then fill in numbers between them
  • practice all the named hundreds from 100 to 500 as one family
  • translate mixed numbers such as 214, 386, and 499
  • use the chart to locate random numbers quickly
  • say larger prices and page numbers out loud with the audio support

With regular review, these numbers become much easier to recognize in conversation, class exercises, beginner reading, and listening practice.


Why Chinese Numbers 1–500 Matter

The range from 1 to 500 gives you enough number knowledge to handle many everyday references with confidence. It is especially useful for larger prices, page references, addresses, and quantity statements that go beyond the beginner 1–100 range.

Once you feel comfortable with this page, the next step is to expand into the next chart range and then apply the numbers in dates, time, prices, and quizzes. That sitewide learning flow is what helps the pages feel connected instead of isolated.


Continue Learning Chinese Numbers

You can continue learning Chinese numbers with these pages.

You can also keep building practical number skills with these related lessons:

Use the chart pages, translate tools, and follow-up lessons together to turn Chinese numbers into long-term knowledge.

Further reference: Wikibooks Mandarin numbers.