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ID: 1877 Elementary
Today's podcast is all about massive numbers in Mandarin Chinese. We're talking the numbers used in high-occurrence discussions on the population of China, US debt to China, your expected salary, and the price of a Ferrari in Shanghai. Enhance your numerical knowledge with today's elementary lesson!
Mon Feb 27 2012 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
老师 lǎoshī teacher
这个 zhè ge this
数字 shùzì number
怎么 zěnme how
老师，这个数字怎么说？
lǎoshī ，zhè ge shùzì zěnme shuō ？
Teacher, how do you say this number?
我看看。哇，这么多零！
wǒ kàn kan 。wā ，zhème duō líng ！
I'll take a look. Wow, so many zeros!
我知道十，百，千，万。
wǒ zhīdào shí ，bǎi ，qiān ，wàn 。
I know 10, 100, 1000, and 10,000.
对。然后是，十万，百万，千万，亿。
duì 。ránhòu shì ，shíwàn ，bǎiwàn ，qiānwàn ，yì 。
That's right. Then there's 100,000, 1,000,000, 10,000,000, and 100,000,000.
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