Numbers, Time & Money

數字、時間和金錢

Count, tell the time, name days and months, handle money, and express time expressions for everyday life in Hong Kong.

100 vocabulary cardsSource: Colloquial Cantonese Lessons 4 & 6 · Basic Cantonese Unit 28

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number

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ling4

Jyutping · number

zero / zero remainder in compound numbers

number

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jat1

Jyutping · number

one

我要一杯水。

Ngo5 jiu3 jat1 bui1 seoi2.

I'd like one glass of water.

number

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ji6

Jyutping · number

two (counting/ordinal)

number

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loeng5

Jyutping · number

two (used with a classifier)

我有兩個仔。

Ngo5 jau5 loeng5 go3 zai2.

I have two sons.

number

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saam1

Jyutping · number

three

三點鐘見。

Saam1 dim2 zung1 gin3.

See you at three o'clock.

number

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sei3

Jyutping · number

four

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