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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 )
