廿 (jaa6 je6 nim6 | nian4) : twenty; twentieth; twenty-odd

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廿

jaa6 je6 nim6

nian4

twenty; twentieth; twenty-odd

1. Jyutping jaa6 is the popular colloquial reading; je6 is the variant. Literary reading nim6 is rarely used.
2. The number 20 is 二十. It is only for the numbers 21-29 inclusive that we use 廿 (as well forms such as 廿幾).

Stroke count: 4

Level: 2

Radical: 廾 (#55)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

廿

Don't confuse with:
甘

This word has been viewed 9851 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Sep 2013 01:55

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唔理三七廿一 m4 lei5 saam1 cat1 je6 jat1 = reject an objection to a course of action, “I don’t care”; regardless, irrespective 粵

廿一點 jaa6 jat1 dim2 = the card game blackjack (lit "21 dots") 粵

廿呀一 jaa6 aa6 jat1 = twenty-one 粵

廿四小時 jaa6 sei3 siu2 si4 = 24-hours; the entire day 粵

廿四 jaa6 sei3 = 24 (hours in the day, etc) 粵

廿四味 jaa6 sei3 mei6*2 = twenty-four herbal tea 粵

九廿幾 gau2 aa6 gei2 = more than ninety (contraction on 廿 from jaa6 to aa6) 粵

廿呀 jaa6 aa6 = twenty (start of contraction for 21-29) 粵

亂噏廿四 lyun6 ngap1 jaa6 sei3 = talk nonsense, to say random / illogical things 粵

十八廿二 sap6 baat3 jaa6 ji6*2 = women in the bloom of youth (lit., "eighteen and twenty-two") 粵

Showing all 2 examples containing 廿

聖誕之前剩番廿三日買嘢咋粵
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.

我斷估咋，原來佢真係廿三歲粵
I was only making wild guesses. Didn't know he actually was 23 years old.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+5eff (off-site link)

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