Cantonese Day 7 — 幾多 and 廿: Talking About Quantity and Money You can count to ten. Here is how Cantonese counts past it, and how you ask “how many”. 幾多 gei2 do1 — how many / how much. You will use this every single day. 廿 jaa6 — twenty, in fast speech. 廿三 jaa6 saam1 = 23. 卅 saa1 — thirty. You will mostly see it written; spoken Cantonese usually says 三十 saam1 sap6. Question: your friend says 廿八. What number is it? Comment below — I will confirm.