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This page is about numbers in Cantonese. Including the cardinal (counting) and ordinal (order) numbers. Each of which is used in a different situation.
| One: 一 yī |
Two: 二 èr |
Three: 三 sān |
Four: 四 sì |
| Five: 五 wǔ |
Six: 六 liù |
Seven: 七 qī |
Eight: 八 bā |
| Nine: 九 jiǔ |
Ten: 十 shí |
Eleven: 十一 shíyī |
Twelve: 十二 shí'èr |
| Thirteen: 十三 shísān |
Fourteen: 十四 shísì |
Fifteen: 十五 shíwǔ |
Sixteen: 十六 shíliù |
| Seventeen: 十七 shí qī |
Eighteen: 十八 shíbā |
Nineteen: 十九 shíjiǔ |
Twenty: 二十 èrshí |
| Thirty three: 三十三 sānshí sān |
One hundred: 一百 yī bǎi |
Three hundred and sixty: 三百六十 sānbǎi liù shí |
One thousand: 一千 yī qiān |
Here are some examples in Cantonese for the cardinal numbers above.
| Two thousand and fourteen: 二千零一十四 èrqiān líng yī shí sì |
One million: 一百萬 yī bǎi wàn |
| I'm thirty years old: 我三十歲 wǒ sān shí suì |
I have 2 sisters and one brother: 我有兩個姐妹同埋一個兄弟。 wǒ yǒu liǎng gè jiěmèi tóng mái yīgè xiōngdì. |
Now we move on to the ordinal numbers, which helps us organize things by order or rank.
| First: 第一 dì yī |
Second: 第二 dì èr |
Third: 第三 dì sān |
Fourth: 第四 dì sì |
| Fifth: 第五 dì wǔ |
Sixth: 第六 dì liù |
Seventh: 第七 dì qī |
Eighth: 第八 dì bā |
| Ninth: 第九 dì jiǔ |
Tenth: 第十 dì shí |
Eleventh: 第十一 dì shí yī |
Twelfth: 第十二 dì shí èr |
| Thirteenth: 第十三 dì shí sān |
Fourteenth: 第十四 dì shí sì |
Fifteenth: 第十五 dì shí wǔ |
Sixteenth: 第十六 dì shí liù |
| Seventeenth: 第十七 dì shí qī |
Eighteenth: 第十八 dì shí bā |
Nineteenth: 第十九 dì shí jiǔ |
Twentieth: 第二十 dì èr shí |
And here are a couple sentences related to the ordinal numbers above.
| English is my first language: 英文係我嘅母語 yīngwén xì wǒ kǎi mǔyǔ |
Her second language is Spanish: 佢第二語言係西班牙文。 qú dì èr yǔyán xì xībānyá wén. |
| Once: 一次 Yīcì |
Twice: 兩次 liǎng cì |
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