Numbers in Cantonese (廣東話)

How to count in Cantonese, a variety of Chinese spoken in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau and many parts of Southeast Asia.

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Numeral	Pronunciation	Number
〇 [零]	lìhng	0
一	yāt	1
二	yih	2
三	sàam	3
四	sei	4
五	nǵh	5
六	luhk	6
七	chāt	7
八	baat	8
九	gáu	9
十	sahp	10
十一	sahpyāt	11
十二	sahpyih	12
十三	sahpsàam	13
十四	sahpsei	14
十五	sahpnǵh	15
十六	sahpluhk	16
十七	sahpchāt	17
十八	sahpbaat	18
十九	sahpgáu	19
二十	yihsahp	20
二十一	yihsahpyāt	21
二十二	yihsahpyih	22
二十三	yihsahpsàam	23
二十四	yihsahpsei	24
二十五	yihsahpnǵh	25
二十六	yihsahpluhk	26
二十七	yihsahpchāt	27
二十八	yihsahpbaat	28
二十九	yihsahpgáu	29
三十	sàamsahp	30
三十一	sàamsahpyāt	31
三十二	sàamsahpyih	32
三十三	sàamsàam	33
三十四	sàamsahpsei	34
三十五	sàamsahpnǵh	35
三十六	sàamsahpluhk	36
三十七	sàamsahpchāt	37
三十八	sàamsahpbaat	38
三十九	sàamsahpgáu	39
四十	seisahp	40
五十	nǵhsahp	50
六十	luhksahp	60
七十	chātsahp	70
八十	baatsahp	80
九十	gáusahp	90
一百	yātbaak	100
一千	yātchìn	1,000
一万 [萬]	yātmaahn	10,000
一百万	yātbaakmaahn	1 million
一亿 [億]	yātyìk	100 million

Cantonese recordings by tkviper.

Notes

When counting specific things, you have to use a classifier or measure word. For example, when counting flat objects, such as tables, sheets and paintings, you use the classifier 张 [張] (jeung1), and for buildings, cities, bridges, mountains and other immovable objects you use the classifier 座 (jo6). Many other classifiers are available. More details.
In informal Cantonese 20 and 30 are 廿 (yah) and 卅 (sa) rather than 二十 (yihsahp) & 三十 (sàamsahp)
Large numbers are divided into units of ten thousand, so 1 million is one hundred ten-thousands.

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