sei3 cin1四千
Jyutpingsei3 cin1
Yalesei chīn
Definition
Four thousand
colloquialnumbersmoney
How it's used
Numbers in Cantonese are often followed by a classifier or currency unit, so simply saying 四千 without a noun like 蚊 or 個 can sound incomplete. When referring to money, 蚊 is almost always added after the number to clarify the amount.
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