21  NUMERALS AND TIMES

21.1  NUMERALS

1一 yāt
2二 yih
3三 sāam
4四 sei
5五 nǵh/ḿh

6六 luhk
7七 chāt
8八 baat
9九 gáu
10十 sahp

11十一 sahpyāt
12十二 sahpyih
13十三 sahpsāam
14十四 sahpsei
15十五 sahpnǵh

16十六 sahpluhk
17十七 sahpchāt
18十八 sahpbaat
19十九 sahpgáu
20二十 yihsahp

100 一百 yāt baak
1,000 一千 yāt chīn
10,000 一萬 yāt maahn

1,000,000 一百萬 yāt baak maahn
100,000,000 一億 yāt yīk
1,000,000,000 十億 sahp yīk

21.1.1 DECIMALS AND FIGURES

3.2 三點二 sāam dím yih ‘three point two’

$22.5廿二個半
 yah-yihgobun
 twenty-twoCLhalf
 ‘twenty-two and a half’

21.1.2 ABBREVIATIONS

22 二十二 yihsahp-yih → 廿二 yah/yeh-yih

34 三十四 sāamsahp-sei → 卅呀四 sà’ah-sei

21.1.3 APPROXIMATIONS

大概二十個客人左右
daaihkoiyihsahpgohaakyàhnjóyáu
approximatelytwentyCLguestsleft-right
‘about twenty guests’

一千蚊咁上下
yātchīnmāngamseuhnghá
onethousanddollarsoabovebelow
‘a thousand dollars, give or take a bit’

21.1.4  CARDINAL NUMBERS

唔該,要芥蘭一斤,豆腐兩嚿
Mgōiyiugaailáanyātgāndauhfuhléuhnggauh
pleasewantgailanonecattytofutwocake
‘I’ll have a catty of gailan and two cakes of tofu, please.’

21.1.5  ORDINAL NUMBERS

你第幾次睇呢個醫生呀?
Léihdaihgéichitáilīgoyīsānga?
younumberwhattimeseethisCLdoctorSFP
‘How many times have you seen this doctor?’

21.1.6  FRACTIONS AND PERCENTAGES

嗰筆錢唔見咗四份三
Góbātchínmgin-jóseifahnsāam
thatCLmoneylose-PFVfourpartthree
‘Three-quarters of that money went missing.’

相對濕度百份之八十六
Sēungdeuisāpdouhbaak-fahn-jībaatsahp-luhk
relativehumidityhundred-parteighty-six
‘The relative humidity is 86 per cent.’

呢間公司今日全場七五折
Līgāangūngsīgāmyahtchyùnchèuhngchāt-nǵhjit
thisCLstoretodaywhole-stockseven-fivediscount
‘This store is offering 25 per cent off today.’

21.2  DAYS AND MONTHS

星期二/禮拜二 sīngkèih-yih/láihbaai-yih ‘Tuesday’, etc.

今日 gāmyaht ‘today’

噖晚 kàhmmáahn or 尋晚 chàhmmáahn ‘last night’

聽朝 tīng jīu ‘tomorrow morning’

21.2.1  DATES

二零二零年十二月十四號
Yihlìhngyihlìhnglìhnsahpyihyuhtsahpseihouh
twozerotwozeroyeartwelvemonthfourteenday
‘The fourteenth of December, 2020.’

21.3  TIMES OF DAY

兩個鐘 三粒鐘
léuhnggojūng sāamlāpjūng
twoCLhour threeCLhour
‘two hours’ ‘three hours’ (colloquial)

而家幾點呀?
Yìhgāgéidíma?
nowhowhourSFP
‘What time is it now?’

9:30 九點半 gáu dím bun

7:20 七點四個字 chāt dím sei go jih

8:15 八點三 baat dím sāam