In this and the following sections a number of useful words are grouped according to grammatical or topical divisions. A study of the words, called classifiers, which come between “a” or “an” (or rather its equivalent, the numeral ? ih) and the word itself, will make our communications to the Chinese correct and more lucid.
Second Classifier, ? (tsak). A dog.
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Ih-tsak keu. | A bed.
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Ih-tsak zaung. | A cat.
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Ih-tsak mau. | A plate.
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Ih-tsak bung-ts. | A fowl.
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Ih-tsak kyi. | A saucer.
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Ih-tsak dzo-pe. | A bird.
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Ih-tsak tiau. | A cup.
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Ih-tsak pe-ts. | A table.
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Ih-tsak de-ts. | A stove.
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Ih-tsak hoo-loo. | A trunk.
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Ih-tsak siang-ts. | A watch.
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Ih-tsak piau. | Third Classifier, ? (po). A chair.
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Ih-po iui-ts. | A fan.
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Ih-po sen-ts. | A hammer.
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Ih-po laung-deu. | An umbrella.
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Ih-po san. |
Fourth Classifier, ? (diau). A stream.
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Ih-diau ‘oo. | A rope.
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Ih-diau zung. | A bridge.
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Ih-diau jau. | A snake.
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Ih-diau zo. | A road.
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Ih-diau loo. | A bar of iron.
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Ih-diau thih-diau. | Fifth Classifier, ? (kung). A stick of timber.
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Ih-kung mok-deu. | A thread.
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Ih-kung sien. | A bamboo.
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Ih-kung tsok-deu. | A rope.
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Ih-kung zung. | Sixth Classifier, ? (pung). Seventh Classifier, ? (boo). A work of one or more volumes.
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Ih-boo su. | A ricksha.
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Ih-boo toong-yang-tsho. | A carriage.
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Ih-boo mo-tsho. | A wheelbarrow.
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Ih-boo siau-tsho. |
Eighth Classifier, ? (zoo). A mountain.
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Ih-dzoo san. | A house.
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Ih-dzoo vaung-ts. | A city.
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Ih-dzoo dzung. | A pagoda.
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Ih-dzoo thah. | Ninth Classifier, ? (phih). | A piece of cloth. ??? Ih-phih poo. | Tenth Classifier, ? (phih). A horse.
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Ih-phih mo. | A mule.
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Ih-phih loo-ts. | Eleventh Classifier, ? (khwe). A piece of wood.
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Ih-khwe mok-deu. | A pane of glass.
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Ih-khwe poo-li. | A slice of meat.
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Ih-khwe nyok. | A dollar.
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Ih-khwe yang-dien. | A piece of land.
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Ih-khwe di-bi. | A brick.
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Ih-khwe lok-tsen. |
Twelfth Classifier, ? (fok). A painting or engraving.
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Ih-fok wo-doo. | A chart or map.
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Ih-fok di-doo. | Thirteenth Classifier, ? (sen). A door.
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Ih-sen mung. | A screen.
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Ih-sen bing-foong. | Fourteenth Classifier, ? (dzung). A flight of stairs or a ladder.
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Ih-dzung voo-thi. | A step of a door.
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Ih-dzung dah-boo. | Fifteenth Classifier, ? (ting). A sedan chair.
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Ih-ting jau-ts. | A hat.
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Ih-ting mau-ts. | Sixteenth Classifier, ? (we). A visitor, a customer.
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Ih-we khak-nyung. | A teacher.
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Ih-we sien-sang. |
Seventeenth Classifier, ? (tsang). A sheet of paper.
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Ih-tsang ts. | A newspaper.
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Ih-tsang sing-vung-ts. | Eighteenth Classifier, ? (ban). A foreign firm.
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Ih-ban yang-‘aung. | A shop.
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Ih-ban tien. | Nineteenth Classifier, ? (foo). A set of buttons.
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Ih-foo nyeu-ts. | A pair of scrolls.
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Ih-foo te-lien. | Twentieth Classifier, ? (saung). A pair of shoes.
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Ih-saung ‘a-ts. | A pair of gloves.
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Ih-saung seu-thau. | Twenty-first Classifier, ? (tsung). | An idol. ???? Ih tsung boo sah. |
Twenty-second Classifier, ? (pau). A parcel.
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Ih-pau. | A bale of cotton.
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Ih-pau mien-hwo. | A bundle of clothing.
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Ih-pau i-zaung. | A bale of silk.
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Ih-pau s. | Twenty-third Classifier, ? (khoo). A tree.
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Ih khoo zu. | A flowering plant.
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Ih khoo hwo. | Twenty-fourth Classifier, ? (mien). A mirror.
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Ih-mien kyung-ts. | A flag.
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Ih-mien ji | Twenty-fifth Classifier, ? (te). A pile of fuel.
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Ih te za. | A pile of stones.
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Ih te zak-deu. | A pile of coal.
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Ih te me. | AA pile of goods.
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Ih te hoo-suh. |
Twenty-sixth Classifier, ? (khwung). A bundle of rice straw.
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Ih khwung dau-za. | A bundle of wood.
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Ih khwung za. | Twenty-seventh Classifier, ? (kwen). A pen.
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Ih kwen pih. | A foot rule.
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Ih kwen tshak. | Twenty-eighth Classifier, ? (te). A pair of fowls.
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Ih te kyi. | A husband and wife.
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Ih te foo-tshi. | Twenty-ninth Classifier, ? (kheu). A book-case.
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Ih kheu su-dzu. | A well.
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Ih kheu-tsing. | Thirtieth Classifier, ? doong). A barrel of flour.
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Ih doong koen-mien. | A bucket of water.
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Ih doong-s. |
Thirty-first Classifier, ? (bing) A bottle (bottleful).
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Ih bing. | A bottle of medicine.
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Ih bing yak. | Thirty-second Classifier, ? (siang). A box of tea.
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Ih siang dzo-yih. | A box of materials.
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Ih siang hoo-suh. | Thirty-third Classifier, ? (foong). | A letter. ??? Ih foong sing. | Thirty-fourth Classifier, ? (paung). The literary class.
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Dok-su paung. | The Canton guild.
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Kwaung-toong paung. | The mercantile class.
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Sang-i paung. | The Ningpo guild.
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Nyung-poo paung or Nyung pok paung. | Thirty-fifth Classifier, ? (we).
Thirty-sixth Classifier, ? (phiau). A job of work.
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Ih phiau sang-weh. | A business transaction.
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Ih phiau sang-i. | Thirty-seventh Classifier, ? (tsaung). | An affair. ???? Ih tsaung z-thi. | Thirty-eighth Classifier, ? (dzung). A three-storied house.
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San-dzung leu. | A seven-storied pagoda.
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Tshih-dzung thak. | Thirty-ninth Classifier, ? (dzaung). A pile of books.
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Ih-dzaung su. | A pile of plates.
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Ih-dzaung bung-ts. | Fortieth Classifier, ? (koo). One share.
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Ih koo. | A business of three partners.
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San koo vung-deu. |
Forty-first Classifier, ? (kan). One room.
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Ih kan. | An office.
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Sia-z-kan. | A bed-room.
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Vaung-kan, vaung-deu. | Shroff’s room.
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Tsang-vaung-kan. | Forty-second Classifier, ? (jien). A garment.
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Ih jien i-zaung. | An affair.
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Ih jien z-thi. | Forty-third Classifier, ? (da). A row of houses.
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Ih da vaung-ts. | A row of trees.
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