Id`ee Pong Byphafng

Id`ee Pong Byphafng (一`ee 磅 米芳)

Id`ee pong-byphafng,

(The) first (one) makes puffed rice (byphafng),

Ji`ee zhar kwzhaix,

Second stir-fries leeks,

Svaf`ee chiangchiangkurn,

Third boils noisily (also can mean in hullabaloo or tumult),

Six`ee zhar byhurn,

Fourth stir-fries rice noodles,

Go`ee zao khix khuxn.

Fifth goes to sleep.

Lak`ee ciah khaq urn,

Sixth eats for sure,

Chid`ee pwn cidpvoax,

Seventh gets a half,

Pøeq`ee khia teq khvoax,

Eighth stands and watches,

Kao`ee laau zhuienoa,

Ninth is watering at the mouth,

Zap`ee tør leq noax.

Tenth lies down and rolls about.

Phaq lie zhefng, phaq lie ban,

Clap your hands and say a thousand, clap and say ten thousand,

Phaq lie 1005,0000 (cidzhefng khoxng go ban).

Clap your hands and say ten million and fifty thousand. (10,050,000)

Khvoax lie bøeq korng, ia m korng.

Up to you if you will talk or not,

M korng, phaq kaq lie korng.

If not, lash you until you talk.

Gwsuu

• pong-byphafng

See also

• Hokkien numerals