jat1 maan6一萬一万
Jyutpingjat1 maan6
Yaleyāt maahn
Definition
Ten thousand; the number 10,000.
colloquialnumbersmoney
How it's used
Cantonese speakers often use the particle 成 before large numbers like 一萬 to emphasize that the amount is surprisingly high or significant. When counting money, it is standard to append 蚊 after the number to specify the currency unit.
Examples
He has as much as ten thousand dollars in his bank account.
Related words
Common mistake
Learners sometimes mistakenly use the Mandarin structure for numbers above ten thousand, but in Cantonese, you should always say 一萬 instead of 十千.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
