Table of the traditional numerals
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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
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chi̍t / che̍t
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| 2
|
二 / 兩
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jī / lī / gī
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nn̄g / nňg / nō͘
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| 3
|
三
|
sam
|
saⁿ
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| 4
|
四
|
sù / sìr / sì
|
sì
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| 5
|
五
|
ngó͘ / gó͘ / gú
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gō͘ / gǒ͘ / ňg
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| 6
|
六
|
lio̍k
|
la̍k
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| 7
|
七
|
chhit
|
chhit
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| 8
|
八
|
pat
|
poeh / peh / piē
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| 9
|
九
|
kiú
|
káu
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| 10
|
十
|
si̍p / se̍p
|
cha̍p
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Common counters by category
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| Pe̍h-ōe-jī
|
Hàn-jī
|
Use examples
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| ê
|
个
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The Hokkien counter word ê is available for most of countable nouns.
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| People and Things
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| bué/bé/bér
|
尾
|
Fish (hî/hû/hîr)
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| châng
|
欉
|
Tree, plant
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| chiah
|
隻
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Animals, bicycles (thih-bé), boats (chûn)
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| hāng
|
項
|
Events (tāi-chì), things (mi̍h-kiāⁿ)
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| keng
|
間
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Rooms (pâng-keng), classrooms (kàu-sek), houses (chhù), schools (ha̍k-hāu), companies (kong-si)
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| ki
|
枝
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Pen (pit), branch (chhiū-ki), leg (kha), arm (chhiú), strand of hair (thaû-mňg, chhiu), mouth (chhuì)
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| lâng
|
儂
|
People
|
| lia̍p
|
粒
|
Fruits, mountains (soaⁿ)
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| pún
|
本
|
Books (chheh), comic books (ang-á-chheh), magazines (cha̍p-chì)
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| tâi
|
台
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Bicycles (kha-ta̍h-chhia), cars (chhia), machines (ki-khì), mechanical devices, household appliances
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| tiâu
|
條
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Lines (soàⁿ), songs (koa), railway (thih-lō͘)
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| tíng
|
頂
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Hat (bō-á), cars (chhia) in some variants
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| ūi
|
位
|
People (polite)
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| Time, Calendar, etc.
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| bió
|
秒
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Seconds
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| goe̍h / ge̍h / ge̍rh / gǒe / gōe / gēr
|
月
|
Months of the year (see also: kò-goe̍h)
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| hun
|
分
|
Minutes
|
| hun-cheng
|
分鐘
|
Minutes
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| li̍t / le̍t / ji̍t / gi̍t
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日
|
Days
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| kang
|
工
|
Days
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| kò-goe̍h / kò-ge̍h
|
個月
|
Months
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| lé-pài
|
禮拜
|
Weeks
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| mê / mî
|
暝
|
Nights
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| nî
|
年
|
Years
|
| tang
|
冬
|
Years
|
| tiám-cheng
|
點鐘
|
Hours
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Extended list of counters
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| Pe̍h-ōe-jī
|
Hàn-jī
|
Use examples
|
| au
|
甌
|
cup[1]
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| ba̍k
|
目
|
section[2]
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| goe̍h-ji̍t
|
月日
|
Months
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| hôe
|
回
|
Events, behaviors, times, frequency, novels paragraphs
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| hō͘
|
戶
|
Families
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| ia̍h
|
頁
|
Pages
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| ke
|
家
|
Families
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| keⁿ / kiⁿ
|
更
|
1 keⁿ equals 2 hours
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| kiāⁿ
|
件
|
Baggages (hêng-lí), events (tāi-chì)
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| kńg
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卷
|
Roll stuffs
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| kûn
|
群
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Groups, people (lâng)
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| khu[3]
|
坵
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Paddy fields (chhân)
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| pak
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幅
|
drawings (tô͘)
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| pa̍k
|
縛
|
Bundles, bunches
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| pî
|
枇
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Bunchs of banana (keng-chio), mullets (o͘-hî-chí), cluster-like items[4]
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| pō͘
|
部
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Departments (pō͘-bûn) of a company or a government
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| pōng
|
磅
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1 pōng equals 0.454 kilogram.
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| phiⁿ
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篇
|
Articles (bûn-chiuⁿ)
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| phō
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部
|
Books, especially for a "set" of books
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| phoa̍h
|
袚
|
Necklace (phoa̍h-liān), chain items (liān-á)
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| se̍k
|
席
|
Seats in a conference or parliament
|
| sian
|
身
|
Deities (sîn-bêng), puppets (ang-á), silkworm (niû-á)
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| sián
|
仙
|
Cent
|
| sió-sî
|
小時
|
Hours (written)
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| tha̍h
|
疊 or 沓
|
Stacked-like items
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| thia̍p
|
疊
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Stacked-like items, bricks (chng-á)
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| thong
|
通
|
Telephone calls (tiān-ōe)
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