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This page provides information about the plural in Cantonese. Below is a list of singular (one) and plural (many) words, listed side by side.
| Woman: 女人 nǚrén |
Women: 女士們 nǚshìmen |
Language: 語言 yǔyán |
Languages: 語言 yǔyán |
| Man: 男人 nánrén |
Men: 男士們 nánshìmen |
Country: 國家 guójiā |
Countries: 國家 guójiā |
| Boy: 男仔 nán zǐ |
Boys: 男仔 nán zǐ |
Lake: 湖 hú |
Lakes: 湖 hú |
| Girl: 女仔 nǚ zǐ |
Girls: 女仔 nǚ zǐ |
Pen: 筆 bǐ |
Pens: 筆 bǐ |
These examples show a sentence with both singular and plural forms. The list includes the use of nouns, numbers and pronouns.
| I visited one country: 我去左一個國家 wǒ qù zuǒ yīgè guójiā |
She visited three countries: 佢去左三個國家 qú qù zuǒ sān gè guójiā |
| She has one sister: 佢有一個姐妹 qú yǒuyīgè jiěmèi |
He has two sisters: 佢有兩個姐妹 qú yǒu liǎng gè jiěmèi |
| We speak two languages: 我地識講兩種語言 wǒ de shí jiǎng liǎng zhǒng yǔyán |
They speak four languages: 佢地識講四種語言 qú de shí jiǎng sì zhǒng yǔyán |
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