1 = yāo
phone and room numbers: say one digit at a time
Structure
数字 + 数字 + 数字 … （1 读 yāo）
What it means
Phone and room numbers are read one digit at a time, and in them 1 is said yāo.
How it is built
Digit + digit + digit …: 186 = yāo bā liù; 110 = yāo yāo líng. Ask for one with 多少: 你的手机号是多少？ (What's your mobile number?)
When to use it
Read phone and room numbers digit by digit. Amounts, prices and page numbers are read as whole numbers: 请看第110页 is dì yī bǎi yī shí yè.
Watch out
Only 1 changes: 2 stays èr (两 liǎng is only for “two of something”, lesson p-4) and 0 is líng. Don't read a page number digit by digit.
Examples
110 读 yāo yāo líng，119 读 yāo yāo jiǔ。
110 is said yāo yāo líng; 119 is yāo yāo jiǔ.
你的手机号是多少？
What’s your mobile number?
请看第110页。
Please look at page 110. (A page number is read as a whole number: dì yī bǎi yī shí yè.)
Learn this in 启蒙 · Lesson 8: 你叫什么名字 (Names and phone numbers)
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