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Here are the counting of Cantonese numbers from 0 to 100. We would not include too many since it is difficult to learn them at once. Therefore, bit by bit, try to figure out how the Cantonese numbers are constituted.
| 0 | 零 | ling4 | ||||||
| 1 | 一 | jat1 | ||||||
| 2 | 二 | ji6 | ||||||
| 3 | 三 | saam1 | ||||||
| 4 | 四 | sei3 | ||||||
| 5 | 五 | ng5/m5 | ||||||
| Nowadays, the strong nasal sound “ng” are widely displaced by “m”. | ||||||||
| 6 | 六 | luk6 | ||||||
| 7 | 七 | cat1 | ||||||
| 8 | 八 | baat3 | ||||||
| 9 | 九 | gau2 | ||||||
| 10 | 十 | sap6 | ||||||
| From 11-19, simply add 1-9 after 十sap6, the principle is the same for 20, 30, 40 etc. | ||||||||
| 11 | 十一 | sap6jat1 | ||||||
| 12 | 十二 | sap6ji6 | ||||||
| 13 | 十三 | sap6saam1 | ||||||
| 14 | 十四 | sap6sei3 | ||||||
| 15 | 十五 | sap6m5 | ||||||
| 16 | 十六 | sap6luk6 | ||||||
| 17 | 十七 | sap6cat1 | ||||||
| 18 | 十八 | sap6baat3 | ||||||
| 19 | 十九 | sap6gau2 | ||||||
| 20 | 二十 | ji6sap6 | ||||||
| By 二十ji6sap6, it means ‘two ten’. Therefore, 30 will be spoken as ‘three ten’ and so forth. | ||||||||
| 30 | 三十 | saam1sap6 | ||||||
| 40 | 四十 | sei3sap6 | ||||||
| 50 | 五十 | m5sap6 | ||||||
| 60 | 六十 | luk6sap6 | ||||||
| 70 | 七十 | cat1sap6 | ||||||
| 80 | 八十 | baat3sap6 | ||||||
| 90 | 九十 | gau2sap6 | ||||||
| 100 | 一百 | jat1baak3 | ||||||
Source: http://cantoneseeveryday.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/numbers-in-cantonese/
