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| Counter word | |
| Hàn-jī | 量詞 |
|---|---|
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī | Liōng-sû |
| Tâi-lô | liōng-sû |
| Hokkien grammar |
|---|
Table of the traditional numerals
Main article: Hokkien numeralsFor 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
| 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
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī | Hàn-jī | Use examples |
|---|---|---|
| au | 甌 | cup |
| ba̍k | 目 | section |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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) |
See also
References
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- "枇 pî". dictionary.