🔊 Lesson 2 — Click any number, day, or phrase to hear it in Mandarin!
Speak Chinese Today
An Interactive Mandarin Course for Beginners
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Chapter Two

Numbers & Time 🔢
数字和时间!

Master numbers 1–10,000, the days of the week, and how to tell time — essential for shopping, making plans, and daily conversation.

🔊 27 Words 💬 1 Dialogue ⏱ ~12 min
🔢 Numbers

1 to 10 — The Building Blocks

💡 Pattern

How to Make Any Number

🧠 Once you know 1–10, you can count to 10,000!

= 10 = 20 = 30
= 11 = 15 = 28
= 100  ·  = 1,000  ·  = 10,000
📅 Days

Days of the Week

💡
Memory Trick: In Chinese, days are numbered — Monday is "Star-Period-One" (星期一), Tuesday is "Star-Period-Two" (星期二)... all the way to Saturday. Sunday breaks the pattern: it's 星期天 (tiān = sky/heaven) or 星期日. Once you know your numbers, you know your days!
⏰ Time

Telling the Time

ASK
现在几点了?
Xiànzài jǐ diǎn le?
What time is it now?
--:--
现在时间
🔊 Click to hear current time
🗣 Vocab

Today / Tomorrow / Yesterday

💬 Dialogue

Making Plans with a Friend

Sit back and listen to the whole chat
🎯 Practice

Shadowing Drill

🔁 Tap to repeat out loud!

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