| Lesson 5: Counting and Non-Counting Numbers |
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| English |
Hokkien |
Chinese Characters |
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Counting Numbers |
Non-Counting Numbers |
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| 0 |
kong |
kong |
零 |
| 1 |
tsit |
it |
一 |
| 2 |
neng / di * |
di |
二 |
| 3 |
sa(n) |
sam |
三 |
| 4 |
si |
si |
四 |
| 5 |
go |
ngo |
五 |
| 6 |
lak |
diok |
六 |
| 7 |
chit |
chit |
七 |
| 8 |
pue |
pat |
八 |
| 9 |
kaw |
kiu |
九 |
| 10 |
tsap |
tsap |
十 |
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| * Neng is only used from numbers with values of 100 and higher. For numbers less than 100, use di. |
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| 28 |
di tsap pue |
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| 34 |
sam tsap si |
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| 46 |
si tsap lak |
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| 100 |
tsi pa |
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| 200 |
neng pa |
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| 1,000 |
tsing |
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| 10,000 |
ban |
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| 1,000,000 |
tang |
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| 6,934 |
lak tsing kaw pa sa(n) tsap si |
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| 9,804 |
kaw tsing pue pa kong si |
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| 2,222 |
neng tsing neng pa di tsap di |
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| 434 |
si pa sa(n) tsap si |
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| 2,348 |
neng tsing sa(n) pa si tsap pue |
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| 8,828 |
pue tsing pue pa di tsap pue |
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| 12,446 |
tsit ban neng tsing si pa si tsap lak |
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| 33,872 |
sa(n) tsap sa(n) tsing pue pa chit tsap di |
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