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Hokkien counter word

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Hàn-jī
  
量詞

Tâi-lô
  
liōng-sû

Pe̍h-ōe-jī
  
Liōng-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, (無, means "nothing") is sometimes used, but usually it is needless to count 0.

References

Hokkien counter word Wikipedia