One, \ih/ 一.
Two, \nyi°/ or \°liang/ 二, 兩.
Three, \san/ 三.
Four, \s°/ 四.
Five, \°ng/ 五.
Six, \lok/ 六.
Seven, \tshih/ 七.
Eight, \pah/ 八.
Nine, \°kyeu/ 九.
Ten, \zeh/ 十.
From ten to twenty the numerals are formed by adding the digits after
ten.
Eleven, \zeh-ih/ 十一.
Twelve, \zeh-nyi°/ 十二, etc.
Fifteen, \zeh-°ng/, pronounced \°se-°ng/ 十五.
Twenty, \nyan°/ 念. (In speaking of the day of the month \nyi°-seh/
is used) 二十.
Thirty, \san-seh/ 三十. (Lit. three tens. The Z sound in zeh becomes
S when preceded by another word.)
Forty, \s°-seh/ 四十.
Fifty, \°ng-seh/ 五十.
Sixty, \lok-seh/ 六十.
Seventy, \tshih-seh/ 七十.
Eighty, \pah seh/ 八十.
Ninety, \°kyeu-seh/ 九十.
One Hundred, \ih pak/ 一百.
The intervening numbers between twenty and thirty, etc., are formed
regularly by adding the digits to the decimals. Thus twenty-one is
\{nyan°-ih}/. Thirty-one, is \{san-seh-ih}/, etc.
Thirty-five is pronounced \{san-°so-°ng}/.
In using the numeral with the noun, the classifier of the noun is
introduced between the numeral and the noun. Thus “Four men” is
\{s° kuh nyung}/ (四個人) not \{s° nyung}/. “Six chairs” is \{lok tsak
iui°-°ts}/ (六隻椅子) not \{lok iui°-°ts}/.
In speaking of a thing well understood the noun is often omitted, and
we have simply the numeral with the classifier, as \{lok kuh}/,
\{tshih tsak}/, etc.