廿 (jaa6) — twenty; twentieth; twenty-odd in Cantonese
jaaˍ₆廿Mandarin Pinyin: nian4
Meaning of 廿
nountwenty; twentieth; twenty-odd
noun(prefix) twenty- (e.g. twenty-one)
Example Sentences with 廿
聖誕之前剩番廿三日買嘢咋
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
我斷估咋，原來佢真係廿三歲
I was only making wild guesses. Didn't know he actually was 23 years old.
ngoˏ₅我daaiˍ₆廿jatˉ¹一seoi˗₃歲
I am twenty-one years old.
keoiˏ₅佢daaiˍ₆廿jatˉ¹一manˉ¹蚊
It costs twenty-one dollars.
daaiˍ₆廿jatˉ¹一jatˍ₆日fong˗₃放gaa˗₃假
The 21st is a holiday.
Words Containing 廿
廿四jaa6 sei3
24 (hours in the day, etc)
廿呀jaa6 aa6
twenty (start of contraction for 21-29) [Note]: 20 is 二十, in Cantonese, only for the numbers 21-29 inclusive that we use 廿呀 (as well as 廿呀幾, etc.)
廿四小時jaa6 sei3 siu2 si4
24-hours; the entire day (can also be pronounced: je6 sei3 siu2 si4)
廿四味jaa6 sei3 mei2
twenty-four herbal tea
廿一jaa6 jat1
Twenty-one
九廿幾gau2 aa6 gei2
more than ninety (contraction on 廿 from jaa6 to aa6)
亂車廿四lyun6 ce1 jaa6 sei3
talk rubbish; talk nonsense
亂噏廿四lyun6 ngap1 jaa6 sei3
亂噏, 發噏風
廿一點jaa6 jat1 dim2
the card game blackjack (lit "21 dots")
廿呀一jaa6 aa6 jat1
二十一
十八廿二sap6 baat3 jaa6 ji6
eighteen to twenty-two; young age (slang)
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