In Mandarin, you can count to 99 using combinations of just 10 short sounds (without any variation). Ordinal numbers are made using one sound that goes in front

In Mandarin, you can count to 99 using combinations of just 10 short sounds (without any variation). Ordinal numbers are made using one sound that goes in front of the number. The names of days are the equivalent of Day 1, Day 2 etc. (except Sunday which is Sunday/Skyday), and months are Month 1, Month 2 etc.