Counting (Cantonese)
jui3 gan6=recently
yat1= 1
yi6 = 2
leung5 = 2 (counting)
saam1 = 3
sei3 = 4
m5 = 5
luk6 = 6
chat1 = 7
baat3 = 8
gau5 = 9
sap6 = 10
sap6 yat1 = 11
sap6 yi6 = 12
yi6 sap6 = 20
saam1 sap6 = 30
sei3 sap6 = 30
m5 sap6 = 50
yat1 baak3 = 100
leung5 baak3 = 200
yi6 sap6 yat1 = yaa6 aa6 yat1 = 21
saam1 sap6 yat1 = saa1 aa1 yat1 = 31
sei3 sap6 yi6 = sei3 aa6 yi6 = 42
m5 sap6 yi6 = m5 aa6 yi6 = 52
nei5 gei5 sui3 aa1 = nei5 gei5 daa6 aa1 = How old are you?
daa6 = big
sui3 = years old
man1 = Cantonese currency
man1 gai1 = Cantonese currency (used for small amounts)
yat1 man1 gai1 = 1
yi6 sap1 man1 = yi6 aa6 man1 = 20 (cantonese currency)
nei1 go3 gei5 chin5 aa1 = How much is it?
nei1go3 = this
gei5 & gei5 do3 = How much money
chin5 = money
nei1 go3 dim2 maai6 aa1 = How much is it?
maai6 = sell
maai5 = buy
yat1 go3 = one, a
yat1 go3 ping4 go5 = an apple
leung5 go3 ping4 go5 = two apples
leung5 ji1 = two bottles of...
seui5 = water
leung5 ji1 seui5 = two bottles of water
number + ji1 = measure of bottles
saam1 bui1 gaa1 fe1 = three cups of cofee
saam1 bui1= three cups of ...
gaa1 fe1= coffee
bui1 = cup
m4 goi1, yiu3 yat1 bui1 gaa1 fe1 aa1 = a cup of coffee please