Hokkien counter word

{{Infobox Hokkien name

| title =Counter word

| hanji =量詞

| poj =Liōng-sû

| tl =liōng-sû

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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.

class="wikitable" ! rowspan=3 \| Numeral ! colspan=3 \| Hokkien
rowspan=2 \| Hàn-jī ! colspan=2 \| Pe̍h-ōe-jī
Literary system ! Vernacular system
0 \| 零 / 空 \| lêng \| khòng
1 \| 一 / 蜀 \| style="background: #CFC;"\| it / et \| style="background: #CFC;"\| chi̍t / che̍t
2 \| 二 / 兩 \| style="background: #CFC;"\| jī / lī / gī \| style="background: #CFC;"\| nn̄g / nňg / nō͘
3 \| 三 \| sam \| style="background: #CFC;"\| saⁿ
4 \| 四 \| sù / sìr / sì \| style="background: #CFC;"\| sì
5 \| 五 \| ngó͘ / gó͘ / gú \| style="background: #CFC;"\| gō͘ / gǒ͘ / ňg
6 \| 六 \| lio̍k \| style="background: #CFC;"\| la̍k
7 \| 七 \| chhit \| style="background: #CFC;"\| chhit
8 \| 八 \| pat \| style="background: #CFC;"\| poeh / peh / piē
9 \| 九 \| kiú \| style="background: #CFC;"\| káu
10 \| 十 \| si̍p / se̍p \| style="background: #CFC;"\| cha̍p

class="wikitable"

! rowspan=3 | Numeral

! colspan=3 | Hokkien

rowspan=2 | Hàn-jī

! colspan=2 | Pe̍h-ōe-jī

Literary system

! Vernacular system

| 零 / 空

| lêng

| khòng

| 一 / 蜀

| style="background: #CFC;"| it / et

| style="background: #CFC;"| chi̍t / che̍t

| 二 / 兩

| style="background: #CFC;"| jī / lī / gī

| style="background: #CFC;"| nn̄g / nňg / nō͘

| 三

| sam

| style="background: #CFC;"| saⁿ

| 四

| sù / sìr / sì

| style="background: #CFC;"| sì

| 五

| ngó͘ / gó͘ / gú

| style="background: #CFC;"| gō͘ / gǒ͘ / ňg

| 六

| lio̍k

| style="background: #CFC;"| la̍k

| 七

| chhit

| style="background: #CFC;"| chhit

| 八

| pat

| style="background: #CFC;"| poeh / peh / piē

| 九

| kiú

| style="background: #CFC;"| káu

| 十

| si̍p / se̍p

| style="background: #CFC;"| cha̍p

Common counters by category

class="wikitable" ! Pe̍h-ōe-jī ! Hàn-jī ! Use examples
ê \|个 \|The Hokkien counter word ê is available for most of countable nouns.
colspan="3" \| 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)
colspan="3" \| 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

class="wikitable"

! Pe̍h-ōe-jī

! Hàn-jī

! Use examples

|个

|The Hokkien counter word ê is available for most of countable nouns.

colspan="3" | 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)

| 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)

colspan="3" | 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

class="wikitable"

! Pe̍h-ōe-jī

! Hàn-jī

! Use examples

| 甌

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ba̍k

| 目

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goe̍h-ji̍t

| 月日

| Months

hôe

| 回

| Events, behaviors, times, frequency, novels paragraphs

hō͘

| 戶

| Families

ia̍h

| 頁

| Pages

| 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)

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| 坵

| Paddy fields (chhân)

pak

| 幅

| drawings (tô͘)

pa̍k

| 縛

| Bundles, bunches

pî

| 枇

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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