Table of the traditional numerals [ edit ] For counter word, the colloquial set of Hokkien numerals system is used with the exception of 1 and 2 when the number is greater than 10; for example, one should say cha̍p-it (十一) and jī-cha̍p-jī (二十二) for 11 and 22 instead of cha̍p-chi̍t (十蜀) and nn̄g-cha̍p-nn̄g (兩十兩) with no actual meaning. For 0, bô (無, means "nothing") is sometimes used, but usually it is needless to count 0.
Numeral Hokkien Hàn-jī Pe̍h-ōe-jī Literary system Vernacular system 0 零 / 空 lêng khòng 1 一 / 蜀 it / et chi̍t / che̍t 2 二 / 兩 jī / lī / gī nn̄g / nňg / nō͘ 3 三 sam saⁿ 4 四 sù / sìr / sì sì 5 五 ngó͘ / gó͘ / gú gō͘ / gǒ͘ / ňg 6 六 lio̍k la̍k 7 七 chhit chhit 8 八 pat poeh / peh / piē 9 九 kiú káu 10 十 si̍p / se̍p cha̍p
Common counters by category [ edit ] Pe̍h-ōe-jī Hàn-jī Use examples ê 个 The Hokkien counter word ê is available for most of countable nouns. People and Things bué/bé/bér 尾 Fish (hî /hû /hîr ) châng 欉 Tree, plant chiah 隻 Animals, bicycles (thih-bé ), boats (chûn ) hāng 項 Events (tāi-chì ), things (mi̍h-kiāⁿ ) keng 間 Rooms (pâng-keng ), classrooms (kàu-sek ), houses (chhù ), schools (ha̍k-hāu ), companies (kong-si ) ki 枝 Pen (pit ), branch (chhiū-ki ), leg (kha ), arm (chhiú ), strand of hair (thaû-mňg , chhiu ), mouth (chhuì ) lâng 儂 People lia̍p 粒 Fruits, mountains (soaⁿ ) pún 本 Books (chheh ), comic books (ang-á-chheh ), magazines (cha̍p-chì ) tâi 台 Bicycles (kha-ta̍h-chhia ), cars (chhia ), machines (ki-khì ), mechanical devices, household appliances tiâu 條 Lines (soàⁿ ), songs (koa ), railway (thih-lō͘ ) tíng 頂 Hat (bō-á ), cars (chhia ) in some variants ūi 位 People (polite) Time, Calendar, etc. bió 秒 Seconds goe̍h / ge̍h / ge̍rh / gǒe / gōe / gēr 月 Months of the year (see also: kò-goe̍h ) hun 分 Minutes hun-cheng 分鐘 Minutes li̍t / le̍t / ji̍t / gi̍t 日 Days kang 工 Days kò-goe̍h / kò-ge̍h 個月 Months lé-pài 禮拜 Weeks mê / mî 暝 Nights nî 年 Years tang 冬 Years tiám-cheng 點鐘 Hours
Extended list of counters [ edit ] Pe̍h-ōe-jī Hàn-jī Use examples au 甌 cup[ 1] ba̍k 目 section[ 2] goe̍h-ji̍t 月日 Months hôe 回 Events, behaviors, times, frequency, novels paragraphs hō͘ 戶 Families ia̍h 頁 Pages ke 家 Families keⁿ / kiⁿ 更 1 keⁿ equals 2 hours kiāⁿ 件 Baggages (hêng-lí ), events (tāi-chì ) kńg 卷 Roll stuffs kûn 群 Groups, people (lâng ) khu [ 3] 坵 Paddy fields (chhân ) pak 幅 drawings (tô͘ ) pa̍k 縛 Bundles, bunches pî 枇 Bunchs of banana (keng-chio ), mullets (o͘-hî-chí ), cluster-like items[ 4] pō͘ 部 Departments (pō͘-bûn ) of a company or a government pōng 磅 1 pōng equals 0.454 kilogram . phiⁿ 篇 Articles (bûn-chiuⁿ ) phō 部 Books, especially for a "set" of books phoa̍h 袚 Necklace (phoa̍h-liān ), chain items (liān-á ) se̍k 席 Seats in a conference or parliament sian 身 Deities (sîn-bêng ), puppets (ang-á ), silkworm (niû-á ) sián 仙 Cent sió-sî 小時 Hours (written) tha̍h 疊 or 沓 Stacked-like items thia̍p 疊 Stacked-like items, bricks (chng-á ) thong 通 Telephone calls (tiān-ōe )
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