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24 Quantity. ; pùaⁿ-kue̍h,
 * half a length.


 * che̍k-ûe,
 * one half.


 * saⁿ-siâⁿ; cha̍p-hūn-saⁿ,
 * three-tenths.


 * ngõu-hūn-saⁿ,
 * three-fifths.


 * poih-hūn che̍k,
 * one-eight.


 * che̍k-peh, che̍k-chhoiⁿ,
 * one hundred, one thousand.


 * chhoiⁿ-chhoiⁿ būan-būan,
 * thousands and tens of thousands.


 * niê jie̍h-chōi,
 * it measures how many? Go measure how many.


 * niê i jie̍h-kûiⁿ?
 * measure it how high?


 * niê i jie̍h-chhim?
 * measure it how deep?


 * niê i jie̍h-chhién?
 * measure it how shallow?


 * niê i jie̍h-khuah?
 * measure it how wide?


 * khṳ̀ niê-i kâi-chhùn-chhieh,
 * measure its feet and inches; get its dimensions.


 * che̍k-pé,
 * a handful.


 * meⁿ che̍k-pé-bí,
 * scoop up an handful of rice.


 * che̍k-phóng,
 * a double handful.


 * na̍k-che̍k-na̍k,
 * snatch up a snatch; a snatch.


 * che̍k-tháng siè-siè,
 * the bucket is rather scant.


 * khie̍h-táu lâi niê-iâm,
 * take a peck-measure and measure the salt.


 * niê-thóiⁿ jie̍h-chōi-tñg,
 * measure and see how much its length.


 * téng-i jie̍h-chōi kṳn-tãng,
 * have weigh it, how many pounds heavy.


 * téng-hó a-būe,
 * heave you weighed it or not yet?


 * téng-hó--liáu,
 * have weighed it.


 * téng-hó--liáu m̄-kàu,
 * weighed it, it isn’t enough.


 * phêng-ngṳ̂n,
 * to weigh silver.


 * phêng-ũ saⁿ-cha̍p-nié,
 * it weights thirty ounces.


 * lóng-chóng,
 * all.


 * chhù-lãi lóng-chóng-nâng,
 * all the people in the house.


 * chèng-nâng hâng-ho̍k i,
 * all the people submitted themselves to him.


 * chèng-chèng sĩ pêⁿ-iēⁿ,
 * all [emphatic] are of the same kind.


 * chōi-chãi, bô-kò hó-pàng,
 * very many, no place to put them.


 * thàn-m̄-kàu só-hùi,
 * earned not enough (to meet) expenses.


 * thàn bô-lã-chia̍h,
 * earned not enough to eat.


 * pâng-lãi, chn̂g-kâi sĩ húe-hun,
 * in the room all was smoke, i.e. filled with smoke.