sap6 sei3 jat6十四日

Jyutpingsap6 sei3 jat6

Yalesahp sei yaht

Definition

Fourteen days, or the fourteenth day of the month.

fourteen days; a fortnight
the fourteenth day of the month

neutraltime

How it's used

Dates in Cantonese are expressed by adding 日 after the number, so the fourteenth of the month is simply 十四日. When referring to a duration of time, the structure is number plus 日, which is functionally identical to the date format but distinguished by the surrounding context. Unlike some languages that use specific ordinal markers, Cantonese relies entirely on the number itself to indicate the date.

Examples

ngo5我hai2喺dou6度zyu6住zo2咗sap6十sei3四jat6日laa3喇。

I have stayed here for fourteen days.

nei5你hai6係mai6咪sap6十sei3四jat6日heoi3去leoi5旅hang4行aa4呀？

Are you going on a trip on the fourteenth?

Common phrases

sap6十sei3四jat6日hau6後

fourteen days later

sap6十sei3四jat6日noi6內

within fourteen days

Common mistake

Learners often confuse the date with the duration. While context usually clarifies this, adding 號 after the number is a common way to explicitly signal that you are referring to a calendar date rather than a span of time.