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There are two sets of numbers in Taiwanese: colloquial style (''peh'') and the literary style (''buun''). The colloquial readings come from Ancient Han Chinese/Old Chinese ([[Kor Harnguo]]) (ca. 0 BCE/CE), whereas the literary readings come from Han Chinese during the Southern [[Sorngtiaau|Song Dynasty]] (1127-1279) ([[Kixntai Harnguo]]). Nowadays, the ''peh'' style is used most, whereas the ''buun'' style is mostly used to recite telephone numbers ([[tiexn'oe]]). See [[Buun-peh-i-thak]] for more info. | There are two sets of numbers in Taiwanese: colloquial style (''peh'') and the literary style (''buun''). The colloquial readings come from Ancient Han Chinese/Old Chinese ([[Kor Harnguo]]) (ca. 0 BCE/CE), whereas the literary readings come from Han Chinese during the Southern [[Sorngtiaau|Song Dynasty]] (1127-1279) ([[Kixntai Harnguo]]). Nowadays, the ''peh'' style is used most, whereas the ''buun'' style is mostly used to recite telephone numbers ([[tiexn'oe]]). See [[Buun-peh-i-thak]] for more info. | ||
=== | === Cardinal numbers === | ||
[[File: sorji (peh).mp3|thumb|none|cit, nng, svaf, six, go, lak, chid, peq, kao, zap]] | |||
The colloquial system is usually used for counting objects and will usually be followed by a [[lioxngsuu|classifier]] and thus obey [[tone sandhi]]. For example, '''{{tts|cidtaai [[tiexnsi]]}}''' (one television), or '''[[Cidboea Hii]]''' (one fish). | |||
For numbers greater than ten, {{x|id}} and {{x|ji}} from the literary set are used in the lower positions. For example, 220 is ''nngxpahji'' and 1,100 is ''cidzheng'id''. | |||
;{{tts|ji-zap-kao-taai chiaf}} :29 cars | ;{{tts|ji-zap-kao-taai chiaf}} :29 cars | ||
;{{tts|nngxpaq, nngxchiefn, nngxban}} :200, 2000, 20,000 | ;{{tts|nngxpaq, nngxchiefn, nngxban}} :200, 2000, 20,000 | ||