Counter word
Hàn-jī量詞
Pe̍h-ōe-jīLiōng-sû
Tâi-lôliōng-sû

Table of the traditional numerals

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

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[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)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dictionary result
  2. ↑ Dictionary result
  3. ↑ Dictionary result
  4. ↑ "枇 pî". dictionary.


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