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數字  Numbers (1) 數字

 Numbers 2 - 下
Hear the numbers one to ten in CantoneseSpeech

一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十
one 一 jat1 
(yut / yat)		 five 五 ng5
(mm)
two 二 ji6
(yee)		 six 六 luk6
(look / lok)
two, pair, couple 兩 loeng5
(lurng)		 seven 七 cat1
(chat / chut)
three 三 saam1 / saam3
(sarm)		 eight 八 baat3
(bart)
four 四 sei3
(say)		 nine 九 gau2
(gow )
ten 十 sap6
(sup)		 11 十一 sap6 jat1
20 二十 ji6 sap6 29 二十九 ji6 sap6 gau2
100 百 baak3
(bark)		 1000 千 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 萬 maan6
(marn)		 zero 零 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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