loeng5 cin1兩千两千
Jyutpingloeng5 cin1
Yaleléuhng chīn
Definition
Two thousand.
colloquialnumbersmoney
How it's used
Numbers in Cantonese often drop the unit for thousand when referring to money, but 兩千 is standard for both counting objects and currency. When talking about money, it is common to add 蚊 at the end to clarify the amount refers to currency. Unlike some other numbers, 兩千 is used consistently across both formal and informal contexts.
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Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use 二千 instead of 兩千. In Cantonese, 兩 is used for counting quantities of two, while 二 is generally reserved for digits in a sequence or phone numbers.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
