Learning Cantonese
You need to switch your language setting to Chinese (Big5) need to be able to view Unicode to see the symbols correctly in this table:
| Counting in Cantonese | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 一 | yat1 | 6 | 六 | luk6 | |
| 2 | 二 | yi6 | 7 | 七 | chaat1 | |
| 3 | 三 | saam1 | 8 | 八 | bat3 | |
| 4 | 四 | sei3 | 9 | 九 | gau2 | |
| 5 | 五 | ng5 | 10 | 十 | sap6 | |
The numbers beside the phonetic spelling represent tone “shapes”. There are 9 tones and 3 tone levels.
| Tonal Pronunciation | Tonal Pronunciation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High Falling | 6 | Low Level |
| 2 | Low Falling | 7 | High Level |
| 3 | Mid Rising | 8 | Mid Level (short) |
| 4 | Low Rising | 9 | Low Level (short) |
| 5 | Mid Level | ||
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