English

Romanised Teochew

zero

khan₅ or Lein₁ (Variant: Len₁)

one

zeig₁ Variant: zeg₁ (ig₀ if not the first digit)

two

no₂ ( ji₂ if not the first digit or 1^st syllable of 20’s)

three

sa`₃

four

si₅

five

g`ou₂

six

lag₁

seven

chig₀

eight

poid₀ (Variant: poi₅)

nine

kao₄

ten

zab₁

eleven

zab₁₀ig₀

twelve

zab₁₀ji₂

thirteen

zab₁₀sa`₃

fourteen

zab₁₀si₅

fifteen

zab₁₀g`ou₂

twenty

ji₂₀zab₁

twenty-one

ji₂₀zab₁₀ig₀

twenty-two

ji₂₀zab₁₀ji₂

twenty-three

ji₂₀zab₁₀sa`₃

thirty

sa`₃zab₁

thirty-one

sa`₃zab₁₀ig₀

ninety-nine

kao₄₂zab₁₀kao₄

one hundred

zeig₁₀ped₀

one hundred and one

zeig₁₀ped₀₁khan₅₄ig₀

hundred and ten

ped₀₁ig₀

hundred and eleven

ped₀₁zab₁₀ig₀

two hundred

no₂₀ped₀

two hundred and three

no₂₀ped₀₁khan₅₄sa`₃

two hundred and thirty

no₂₀ped₀₁sa`<sub>3</sub>  (no<sub>20</sub>ped<sub>01</sub>sa`₃zab₁)

two hundred and thirty-seven

no₂₀ped₀₁sa`₃zab₁₀chig₀

one thousand

zeig₁₀chai`₃

five thousand two hundred and ten.

g`ou<sub>20</sub>chai`₃no₂₀ped₀₁ig₀

five thousand two hundred and eleven

g`ou<sub>20</sub>chai`₃no₂₀ped₀₁zab₁₀ig₀

five thousand two hundred and forty-one

g`ou<sub>20</sub>chai`₃no₂₀ped₀₁si₅₄zab₁₀ig₀

nine thousand two hundred and eleven

kao₄₂chai`₃no₂₀ped₀₁zab₁₀ig₀

ten thousand

zeig₁₀buan₀

twenty thousand

no₂₀buan₀

million

ped₀₁buan₀

three million

sa`₃ped₀₁buan₀

Forty-eight million

si₅₄chai`₃poid₀₁ped₀₁buan₀

hundred million

zeig₁₀eg₁

Seven hundred and ninety-three million

chig₀₁eg₁kao₄₂chai`<sub>3</sub>sa`₃ped₀₁buan₀

1 billion (American, i.e. 1,000,000,000)

zab₁₀eg₁

English

Romanised Teochew

1

ig₀ or iao₃ (ace), not zeig₁

162 (read as a number)

zeig₁₀ped₀₁lag₁₀zab₁₀ji₂

162 (read as digits)

ig₀₁lag₁₀ji₂

162 (read as digits, for to avoid confusing 1 with 7)

iao₃lag₁₀ji₂