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Proceeds from return of investees.

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Recognized in other comprehensive income under unrealized gain or loss on investments in equity instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income.

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Recognized in profit or loss under “other gains and losses”.

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount of assets that are: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to receive a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial liabilities]

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The increase (decrease) in financial assets arising from a change in measurement attribute on the entity's transition to IFRS 9. [Refer: Financial assets]

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Fair Value Information - Schedule of Reconciliations for Financial Assets (Detail) - TWD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Jan. 01, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets [Line Items]
Effect of retrospective application of IFRS 9			$ 883
Level 3 [Member]
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets [Line Items]
Foreign currency denominated monetary assets	$ 4,550	$ 4,468
Effect of retrospective application of IFRS 9		4,468
Acquisition	290
Recognized in profit or loss under “Other gains and losses”	(26)
Recognized in other comprehensive income under “Unrealized gain or loss on investments in equity instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income”	(175)
Proceeds from return of investees	(7)
Level 3 [Member] \| Measured at Fair Value Through Profit or Loss [Member]
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets [Line Items]
Foreign currency denominated monetary assets	517	543
Effect of retrospective application of IFRS 9		543
Recognized in profit or loss under “Other gains and losses”	(26)
Unrealized loss in 2018	(26)
Level 3 [Member] \| FVOCI [Member]
Disclosure Of Fair Value Measurement Of Assets [Line Items]
Foreign currency denominated monetary assets	4,033	3,925
Effect of retrospective application of IFRS 9		$ 3,925
Acquisition	290
Recognized in other comprehensive income under “Unrealized gain or loss on investments in equity instruments at fair value through other comprehensive income”	(175)
Proceeds from return of investees	$ (7)