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English

Romanised Teochew

zero

khan5 or (Variant: Lein1)

one

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

two

no2 ( ji2 if not the first digit or 1st 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

eighty poid01zab1 (variant: poi51zab1)

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`3  (no20ped01sa`3zab1)

two hundred and thirty-seven

no20ped01sa`3zab10chig0

one thousand

zeig10chai`3

five thousand two hundred and ten.

g`ou20chai`3no20ped01ig0

five thousand two hundred and eleven

g`ou20chai`3no20ped01zab10ig0

five thousand two hundred and forty-one

g`ou20chai`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`3sa`3ped01buan0

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

zab10eg1

 

Reading Aloud Digits of Numbers

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

 

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