‘十亿’ (shí yì) literally means ‘ten hundred-

万亿 (wàn yì) is a Chinese numeral meaning 'ten

千亿 (qiān yì) is a Chinese numeral meaning 'one

百亿 (bǎi yì) is a Chinese numeral meaning 'ten

亿万 (yì wàn) is a compound numeral meaning 'hun

'一座' (yī zuò) is a numeral-measure word compou

'三辆' (sān liàng) is a quantified noun phrase m

‘一辆’ (yī liàng) is a measure word phrase mea

'Yī zhāng' is a numeral-measure word compound us

‘一把’ (yī bǎ) is a quantifier phrase meaning

‘第几次’ is an interrogative phrase meaning 'how

第一 literally means 'the first' and functions as

‘两倍’ literally combines ‘两’ (two) and ‘倍

‘两样’ literally combines ‘两’ (liǎng), meani

'两小时' literally combines the numeral '两' (liǎ

'Yī kuài' literally combines the numeral 'yī' (

一回 (yī huí) literally combines 一 (yī, 'one')

几年 (jǐ nián) is a numeral phrase meaning 'how

几天 (jǐ tiān) literally combines 几 (jǐ), mean

几个 (jǐ gè) is a common numeral phrase meaning

六十 (liù shí) is the Chinese numeral for 'sixty

八个 (bā gè) means 'eight' followed by the gener

'Wǔ suì' literally combines the numeral 五 (wǔ,

五十 (wǔ shí) is the Chinese numeral for 'fifty'

七天 literally means 'seven days' and functions as

好些 (hǎo xiē) is a colloquial quantifier meanin

二百 (èr bǎi) is a numeral meaning 'two hundred'

第二 (dì èr) is the Chinese ordinal numeral mean

二十 (èr shí) is the Chinese numeral for 'twenty

Three days (sān tiān) is a compound noun formed

数十 (shù shí) is a numeral phrase meaning 'doze

‘十几’ is a Chinese numeral expression meaning '

'Three years' is a compound numeral-noun phrase fo

一半 (yí bàn) literally means 'one half' — comb

‘一天’ literally combines the numeral ‘一’ (y

This character began as 'a person made immovably s

This character’s right side evolved from 'cowrie

Born from a diviner’s knife cutting ritual shells

Though it means 'beautiful,' 佳 never describes fa

This character’s 16 strokes encode a 2,300-year-o