零 (0) nought; zero; O

　　一百二十三 (123) one hundred and twenty-three

　　一千三百 (1 300) thirteen hundred; one thousand three hundred
　　二千 (2 000) two thousand
　　四千五百零二 (4 502) four thousand five hundred and two
　　三万六千 (36 000) thirty-six thousand
　　四万五千七百八十九 (45 789) forty-five thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine
　　五十万 (500 000) five hundred thousand
　　三百一十二万四千五百 (3 124 500) three million, one hundred and twenty-four
thousand five
　　八百万 (8 000 000) eight million
　　四千三百万 (43 000 000) forty-three million
　　九亿 (900 000 000) nine hundred million
　　十亿八千万 (1 080 000 000) one billion and eighty million
　　一百亿 (10 000 000 000) ten billion
　　三千亿 (300 000 000 000) three hundred billion
　　五万亿 (5 000 000 000 000) five million million

　　(三) 分数 fractions
　　二分之一 (1/2) one -half; a half
　　三分之一 (1/3) one -third
　　四分之三 (3/4) three -fourths
　　五分之一 (1/5) one -fifth
　　五分之二 (2/5) two -fifths
　　八分之七 (7/8) seven-eighths
　　十分之一 (1/10) one -tenth; a tenth
　　百分之一 (1/100) one -hundredth; one percent
　　千分之一 (1/1 000) one -thousandth
　　万分之一 (1/10 000) one ten-thousandth
　　二又二分之一 two and one half; two and a half
　　四又三分之二 four and two -thirds

　　(四) 百分比 percentages

　　百分之百 (100%) one hundred per cent
　　百分之零点五 (0.5%) point five per cent
　　百分之零点三七 (0.37%) point three seven per cent

　　(五) 小数 decimals
　　4.03 four point nought three; four point O three
　　7.005 seven point nought nought five; seven point O O five
　　45.21 forty-five point two one

　　(六) 增加 go up by; shoot up by; rise by (to); be raised by; increase by

　　双倍; 加倍 (to) double
　　象…一样多 as many as; as much as
　　增加百分之一 to increase by one -hundredth
　　增加百分之十 to increase by one -tenth
　　增加百分之五十 to increase by one -half
　　增加百分之七十 an increase of seventy per cent; an seventy-percent increase
　　是去年的二倍(即增加一倍) to be double that of last year
　　增加百分之百(即增加一倍或增加到原数的二倍) to increase by one hundred per
cent; to double; to increase to twice as many (much) as
　　比 1978 年增加一倍以上 to be more than double the 1987 figure
　　是…的四倍 four fimes as many (much) as
　 　是去年的五倍 to be five times that of last year; to increase fivefold compared
with last year; to increase by 400 per cent over last year
　　比 1987 年增加了十多倍 to be a dozen times that of 1978
　　粮食产量从 1978 年的 30 万吨上升到 1983 年的 715 000 吨 grain output went up
to 715 000 tons in 1983 from 300 000 tons in 1978
　　1983 年粮食产量为 38 728 万吨, 是 1949 年的 3.42 倍 in 1983 the output of grain
was 387.28 million tons, 3.42 times that of 1949
　 　1983 年工农业总产值为 9 209 亿元,比 1982 年增加 10.2% the 1983 total
combined output value of industry and agriculture was 920.9 billion yuan, 10.2 per cent
higher than 1982
　　1979 至 1983 年间工农业总产值平均每年的增长率是 8.2% the average annual
rate of increase of the total output value of industry and agriculture from 1979 through
1983 was 8.2 per cent
　　与 1949 年相比,大学生人数增 加了 63%, 中学生增加了 1.5 倍,小学生增加了
1.1 倍　compared with 1949, the number of university students increased by 63 per
cent, that of secondary school students by 1.5 times, and that of primary school pupils
by 1.1 times

　　(七) 减少(下降) go down by; fall by (to); reduce by

　　下降(减少)百分之六十　a reduction (fall) of sixty per cent
　　下降百分之一　to decrease by one -hundredth; to reduce by one -hundredth
　　下降百分之十(或十分之一)　to decrease by ten per cent; to reduce by ten per
cent; to reduce to nine -tenths; to be reduced to nine -tenths
　　下降百分之二十(或五分之一)　to decrease by one -fifth; to reduce by one -fifth;
to reduce to four-fifths; to be reduced to four-fifths
　 　下降百分之二十五(或四分之一)　to decrease by one quarter; to reduce by one
quarter; to reduce to three -fourths; to be reduced to three -fourths
　　下降百分之五十(或一半)　to decrease by one -half; to reduce by one -half; to
reduce to one -half; to be reduced to one -half

　　(八) 不确指的数字
　　 indefinite numbers
　　几个　some; a few; several; a number of
　　十几个　more than ten; over a dozen; no more than twenty
　　几十个　dozens of
　　几十年　decades
　　四十好几　well over forty
　　好几百个　hundreds of
　　成千上万　thousands of
　　几十万　hundreds of thousands of
　　数以百万计的　millions of
　　亿万(人)　hundreds of millions of
　　(九) 时间 time
　　6∶00　six o'clock;
　　six a.m.(上午); six p.m.(下午)
　　7∶10　ten past seven; seven ten
　　8∶15　a quarter past eight; eight fifteen
　　9∶25　twenty-five past nine; nine twenty-five
　　10∶30　half past ten; ten thirty
　　11∶35　eleven thirty-five; twenty-five to twe￣lve
　　12∶45　twelve forty-five; a quarter to thirteen
　　13∶50　thirteen fifty; ten to fourteen
　　14∶57　fourteen fifty-seven; three to fifteen
　　15∶00　fifteen

　　(十) 年月日 dates

　　1643 年　sixteen forty-three
　　1755 年　seventeen fifty-five
　　1898 年　eighteen ninety-eight
　　1900 年　nineteen hundred
　　1989 年　nineteen eighty -nine
　　2000 年　twenty hundred
　　三月八日　the eighth of March
　　五月一日　the first of May
　　七月二十三日　the twenty-third of July
　　一九四九年十月一日　the first of October,nineteen forty-nine

　　(十一) 电话号码
　　telephone numbers
　　117　one one seven
　　120　one two oh
　　699　six double -nine
　　2442　two double -four two
　　3271　three two seven one
　　893712　eight nine three seven one two
　　8123456　eight one two three four five six

　　(十二) 罗马数字
　　Roman numeral
Numbers

11: 十一(means one, in the tens-value place, plus one, in the ones-value place.)

12: 十二(means one, in the tens-value place, plus two, in the ones-value place.)

13：十三(means one, in the tens-value place, plus three, in the ones-value place.)

19: 十九(means one, in the tens-value place, plus nine, in the ones-value place.)

20: 二十(means two in the tens-value place and zero in the ones-value place.)

21: 二十一(means two in the tens-value place and one in the ones-value place.)

22: 二十二(means two in the tens-value place and two in the ones-value place.)

100: 一百(means one in the hundreds-value place.)

111: 一百一十一(means one in the hundreds-value place, one in the tens-value place
and one in the ones-value place.)

109: 一百零九(means one, in the hundreds-value place, zero in the tens-value place and
nine in the ones-value place.)

1000: 一千(means one in the thousands-value place.)

1005: 一千零五(means one, in the thousands-value place, plus five, in the ones-value
place.)

1050: 一千零五十(means one in the thousands-value place and five in the tens-value
place.)

Notice 1: From 11 (十一)to 19(十九), you don't have to add "one" (一) to the left of the
character "十" but in the over two-digit numbers, "一" is needed when one is in the tens-
value place.

Notice 2: When a zero is in the number except at the end, you need to use the character
"零", but only once for consecutive "0".
Reading 15,880,000 out in Chinese

First, you have to know the equivalent expression of each numeral to the left of a
comma. (Thousand=千) (Million=百万) Now let’s come to the question of how to
read the number 15,880,000 out in Chinese ASAP. At first sight of the number, you
have got to know 5 in the place means 5 million, namely 五百万, because the place in a
number is ten times greater than the value of the place to the number’s right. So the 1
in the place means 10 million, namely 1 千万. Now read out each number’s value in
each place from left to right. It’s 一千五百八十八万.
Practice

3,652,981

(3 in the place means 3 million, namely 三百万; 6 means 6 hundred thousand, namely
六十万; 5 means 五万; 2 means 两千; 9 means 九百; 8 namely 八十; 1 namely 一.) So
it’s 三（sān）百(bǎi)六（liù）十（shí）五（wǔ）万（wàn）两（liǎng）千
（qiān）九（jiǔ）百（bǎi）八（bā）十（shí）一（yī）.

1.基本数字:
(1) 大 数:
英语和汉语读数方法的不同使得听音时不能及时反应出实际数字，在日常生活和
考试中都会造成一定的麻烦。要想快速准确进行数字对应，首先要弄清两种数字
系统的对应关系：
千亿   hundred billion     
百亿   ten billion         
十亿   billion             
亿     hundred million     
千万   ten million         
百万   million             
十万   hundred thousand    
万     ten thousand        
千     thousand            
百     hundred             
十     ten                 
个     one                 
通过比较我们可以看出，汉语中每位数字都有单独的名称，而英语中只有个，十，
百，千，百万和十亿位的数字名称，每个数位的大小均以 3 位数表示。
如上图数字读作：three hundred twenty five billion, eight hundred sixty seven million,
one hundred thirty four thousand and five hundred twenty nine.
掌握数字中的分节号“，”对掌握这种对应关系很有帮助，每个“，“ 左面恰好
是英语数字的一个数位名称 thousand, million and billion，在汉语中分别是：千，
百万和十亿.
请大家试读以下数字：
13，625，004，069
32，006，080，005
Answer:
Thirteen billion, six hundred (and) twenty-five million, four thousand and sixty nine.
Thirty two billion, six million, eighty thousand and five.
（2）分数
分子用基数词，即 one, two, three, four…，分母用序数词，即 first, second, third,
fourth…，分数线不读。
1/3  one third
5/8  five eighths. 分子大于 1，分母用复数。
1/4  one quarter
3/4  three quarters
(3) 小数
小数点读成 point.
0.35 zero point thirty-five;  nought point thirty-five;  point thirty-five
(4) teen vs ty
听力中经常出现十几和几十的辩音。teen 是长音，并且有明显的 n 鼻音，而几十
ty 是短音，且无任何鼻音。若在考试过程中未能分清，则猜几十 ty。
2. 电话号码：
（1）电话号码中的 0 比较特殊，可读作：zero, nought, null, nil, nothing, oh.
Nought 在考试中用的比较多，经常会听到 nought point 3,(0.3)
3: 0   three nil 足球比赛中较常用。

（2）读电话号码总的规则是： 国家代号，地区代号和具体号码分开来读。如
01，021，87654321
对于一个特定地区的电话，一般来说只有 7 位或 8 位。
7 位的号码，读的时候前三位一组连在一起，后四位一组连在一起。如 8645259，
读作 eight six four, five two five nine
8 位的号码，可以四个一组来读。
两个或三个相同的数字可以用 double 和 triple 来代替，比如 2266555 可读作
double two double six triple five,  or  two two six six five five five.

（3）数字之间搭配产生的可能语音现象：连读，失去爆破。如
00 读成 double oh ，听起来像 w； 1800 往往读成 one eight hundred，one 的 n 与
eight 的 ei 连读， eight 的 t 与 hundred 的 h 失去爆破，只能听到 h 音却听不到 t 的
音，因此听起来像 one hundred 的发音。88 读做 double eight， l 与 ei 连读。
（4）区号经常在电话号码的后面读出来，有时电话号码与区号之间夹杂着干扰
信息。所以在听到电话号码后，一定注意后面还有没有数字的出现，很有可能是
区号，必须要写上。如果真的失误没听到，补救方法为：找这个地区的名称代替。
即直接讲区名写在电话号码之前代替区号。