Cidbøea Hii

Cidbøea Hii (一尾魚; One Tail of Fish...) (sorji, tan'ui/measure word liexnsip)

Cidbøea hii, nngxciaq køef,

One tail of fish, a pair of hens,

svazaang chiuar, sieluie hoef,

three trees, four flowers,

goxliap viutøo, lagtiaau zhaekoef,

five star fruits, six sponge gourds,

chit'ee laang, ciah pøehtex køea,

seven people eat eight pieces of rice cake,

kawky pid, siar zabpurn zheq.

nine pens write ten books.

Notes:

• the linked nouns don't tone sandhi
• the colloquial numbers are used for counting. see Hokkien numerals
• see Table of Classifiers

Gwsuu

• bøea
• ciaq
• zaang
• luie
• liap
• tiaau
• ee
• tex
• ky
• purn