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數字  Numbers (1) 數字

Hear the numbers one to ten in CantoneseSpeech

一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十
one jat1 
(yut / yat)
five ng5
(mm)
two ji6
(yee)
six luk6
(look / lok)
two, pair, couple loeng5
(lurng)
seven cat1
(chat / chut)
three saam1 / saam3
(sarm)
eight baat3
(bart)
four sei3
(say)
nine gau2
(gow )
ten sap6
(sup)
11 十一 sap6 jat1
20 二十 ji6 sap6 29 二十九 ji6 sap6 gau2
100 baak3
(bark)
1000 cin1
(cheen)
148 一百四十八 jat1 baak3 sei3 sap6 baat3
1975 一千九百七十五 jat1 cin1 gau2 baak3 cat1 sap6 ng5
ten thousand maan6
(marn)
zero ling4

Usage Note

兩 is often used instead of 二, for example 2 o'clock or when talking about two objects or people.  In these cases 兩 is not generally interchangeable with 二, you need to know which one to use!  There are no hard and fast rules so throughout this site, examples will use 兩 where appropriate.

Chinese people often write using western numbers, especially 0 instead of the more complex 零
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