Numbers (1-100)

Here are the numbers 1-10. If you're familiar with Mandarin, you'll notice that the Chinese characters are exactly the same in Teochew.

1	jēk	一
2	nó	二
3	sa:	三
4	sĭ	四
5	ngóu	五
6	lāk	六
7	chik	七
8	boit	八
9	gào	九
10	jāp	十

And here are the numbers 11-19:

11	jap ik	十一
12	jap yí	十二
13	jap sa:	十三
14	jap sĭ	十四
15	jap ngóu	十五
16	jap lāk	十六
17	jap chik	十七
18	jap boit	十八
19	jap gào	十九

You should notice a pattern here. For the most part, the numbers 11-19 can be formed by combining jāp 十 and the ones digit. However, the "1" in 11 and the "2" in 12 use a different translation than what's in the first table. Except for the actual numbers 1 and 2,

A "1" in the ones digit should be pronounced ik
A "2" in the ones digit should be pronounced yí

Note that if a number has multiple syllables, every syllable except the last undergoes tone change.

We'll continue with the multiples of ten up to 100:

20	yị jāp	二十
30	sa: jāp	三十
40	sì jāp	四十
50	ngọu jāp	五十
60	lak jāp	六十
70	chīk jāp	七十
80	bōit jāp	八十
90	gáo jāp	九十
100	jek bet	一百

This also follows a very simple formula. You just place the number in the tens digit before jāp 十. A "2" in the tens digit is always pronounced yí.

For all the other numbers below 100, you can use this formula: (tens digit) jap (ones digit). Here are some examples:

25	yị jap ngóu	二十五
42	sì jap yí	四十二
68	lak jap boit	六十八
71	chīk jap ik	七十一
99	gáo jap gào	九十九

You can view a list of all of the numbers up to 100 here.