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4.3 Twenty to One Hundred

And for 20, 30… 90, you say the small number first and then put “ten” after it. So you
can say “two ten” for “20”, “three ten” for “30”, “nine ten” for “90” and etc.

If there is a small number after “20, 30…”, just put it at the end. It’s like “Two ten one”
and that pattern continues. Two ten two, two ten three, etc. So forty five would just be
“four ten five.”

èrshí
二 十 (20)

èrshíyī
二 十 一 (21)

èrshíèr
二 十 二 (22)

èrshísān
二 十 三 (23)

èrshísì
二 十 四 (24)

èrshíwǔ
二 十 五 (25)

。。。

sānshí
三 十 (30)

sānshí yī

三 十 一 (3 1)

sānshíèr
三 十 二 (3 2)

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