Burmese numerical classifiers

<h2 id="classifiers">Classifiers</h2>
<p>See IPA/Burmese for an explanation of the phonetic symbols used in this section.
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<table><tbody><tr><th>Burmese</th><th>IPA</th><th>Transliteration</th><th>Main usage</th></tr><tr><th colspan="4">People and animals</th></tr><tr><td>ကောင်</td><td>[kàuɰ̃]</td><td>kaung</td><td>animals</td></tr><tr><td>ပါး</td><td>[pá]</td><td>pa</td><td>sacred persons (such as Buddhist monks and nuns)</td></tr><tr><td>ယောက်</td><td>[jauʔ]</td><td>yauk</td><td>persons (general classifier)</td></tr><tr><td>ရှဉ်း</td><td>[ʃíɰ̃]</td><td>shin</td><td>pairs of draught cattle</td></tr><tr><td>ဦး</td><td>[ʔú]</td><td>u</td><td>people, monks and nuns</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4">Other measure words</th></tr><tr><td>ကုံး</td><td>[kóuɰ̃]</td><td>koun</td><td>garlands, necklaces, stringed items</td></tr><tr><td>ကျိုက်</td><td>[tɕaiʔ]</td><td>kyaik</td><td>draughts gulped down</td></tr><tr><td>ကျိပ်</td><td>[tɕeiʔ]</td><td>kyeik</td><td>items in 'tens'</td></tr><tr><td>ခါ</td><td>[kʰà]</td><td>kha</td><td>number of times</td></tr><tr><td>ခု</td><td>[kʰṵ]</td><td>khu</td><td>items (general classifier)</td></tr><tr><td>ခက်</td><td>[kʰɛʔ]</td><td>khet</td><td>branches, sprays of flowers</td></tr><tr><td>ခင်</td><td>[kʰìɰ̃]</td><td>khin</td><td>skeins of wool or cotton</td></tr><tr><td>ခေါင်း</td><td>[kʰáuɰ̃]</td><td>khaung</td><td>skeins of yarn</td></tr><tr><td>ခိုင်</td><td>[kʰàiɰ̃]</td><td>khaing</td><td>bunches of flowers, fruits</td></tr><tr><td>ခေါက်</td><td>[kʰauʔ]</td><td>khauk</td><td>trips</td></tr><tr><td>ခွေ</td><td>[kʰwè]</td><td>khway</td><td>rings, coils</td></tr><tr><td>ခွန်း</td><td>[kʰúɰ̃]</td><td>khun</td><td>words</td></tr><tr><td>ချီ</td><td>[tɕʰì]</td><td>chi</td><td>performances or shows</td></tr><tr><td>ချိုး</td><td>[dʑó]</td><td>cho</td><td>components of a ratio</td></tr><tr><td>ချက်</td><td>[tɕʰɛʔ]</td><td>chet</td><td>strokes, blows, hits, pointsstrokes of clocks, drums, gongs, etc.</td></tr><tr><td>ချောင်း</td><td>[tɕʰáuɰ̃]</td><td>chaung</td><td>thin, long items (like pencils, sticks)</td></tr><tr><td>ချပ်</td><td>[tɕʰaʔ]</td><td>chat</td><td>flat items (like tables)</td></tr><tr><td>ခြည်</td><td>[tɕʰì]</td><td>chi</td><td>rings, bangles</td></tr><tr><td>စီး</td><td>[sí]</td><td>si</td><td>vehicles and transport animals</td></tr><tr><td>စည်း</td><td>[sí]</td><td>si</td><td>bundles</td></tr><tr><td>စင်း</td><td>[síɰ̃]</td><td>sin</td><td>long-shaped items (like arrows, boats, cars)</td></tr><tr><td>စောင်</td><td>[sàuɰ̃]</td><td>saung</td><td>literary pieces, documents, letters, etc.</td></tr><tr><td>စုံ</td><td>[sòuɰ̃]</td><td>soun</td><td>sets or pairs</td></tr><tr><td>ဆ</td><td>[sʰa̰]</td><td>hsa</td><td>number of times per equal amount</td></tr><tr><td>ဆူ</td><td>[sʰù]</td><td>hsu</td><td>sacred objects and <i><a href="/facts/Parabaik/aBXdc5v8">parabaik</a></i> (Pali manuscripts)</td></tr><tr><td>ဆောင်</td><td>[sʰàuɰ̃]</td><td>hsaung</td><td>buildings (like houses, monasteries and royal buildings)</td></tr><tr><td>ဆိုင်း</td><td>[sʰáiɰ̃]</td><td>hsaing</td><td>work shifts, work teams, packets of gold foil</td></tr><tr><td>တန်</td><td>[tàɰ̃]</td><td>tan</td><td>different legs of a journey, component parts of abstract concepts</td></tr><tr><td>တန့်</td><td>[ta̰ɰ̃]</td><td>tan</td><td>bars, stripes, etc.</td></tr><tr><td>တုတ်</td><td>[touʔ]</td><td>touk</td><td>carcasses of hares</td></tr><tr><td>တွဲ</td><td>[twɛ́]</td><td>twe</td><td>items in pairs, bunches or clusters</td></tr><tr><td>တွက်</td><td>[twɛʔ]</td><td>twet</td><td>snapping of fingers</td></tr><tr><td>ထပ်</td><td>[tʰaʔ]</td><td>htat</td><td>layers, strata, storeys of buildings, etc.</td></tr><tr><td>ထမ်း</td><td>[tʰáɰ̃]</td><td>htan</td><td>loads carried with a <a href="/facts/Shoulder_pole/UShoR15P">shoulder pole</a> (yoke)</td></tr><tr><td>ထောက်</td><td>[tʰauʔ]</td><td>htauk</td><td>stages of a journey, width of a point or tip of something</td></tr><tr><td>ထည်</td><td>[tʰɛ̀]</td><td>hte</td><td>articles of clothing</td></tr><tr><td>ထုပ်</td><td>[tʰouʔ]</td><td>htout</td><td>packages</td></tr><tr><td>ထုံး</td><td>[tʰóuɰ̃]</td><td>htoun</td><td>knots, coils, etc.</td></tr><tr><td>ထွာ</td><td>[tʰwà]</td><td>htwa</td><td>number of hand spans</td></tr><tr><td>ထွေ</td><td>[tʰwè]</td><td>htwei</td><td>varied items; melds of playing cards</td></tr><tr><td>နပ်</td><td>[naʔ]</td><td>nat</td><td>meals</td></tr><tr><td>ပါး</td><td>[pá]</td><td>pa</td><td>sacred persons or objects (such as Buddhist monks)</td></tr><tr><td>ပေါ</td><td>[pɔ́]</td><td>paw</td><td>bundles of seedlings</td></tr><tr><td>ပေါက်</td><td>[pauʔ]</td><td>pauk</td><td>dots or drops</td></tr><tr><td>ပိုင်</td><td>[pàiɰ̃]</td><td>paing</td><td>monk's robe; piece of silk used as headdress</td></tr><tr><td>ပိုင်း</td><td>[páiɰ̃]</td><td>paing</td><td>part or division of something</td></tr><tr><td>ပတ်</td><td>[paʔ]</td><td>pat</td><td>weeks</td></tr><tr><td>ပင်</td><td>[pìɰ̃]</td><td>pin</td><td>tall upright things (trees, plants, poles, etc.); long strands (hair, thread, etc.).</td></tr><tr><td>ပိုဒ်</td><td>[paiʔ]</td><td>paik</td><td>paragraphs</td></tr><tr><td>ပုဒ်</td><td>[pouʔ]</td><td>poud</td><td>pieces of writing (such as articles,verse, songs, etc.)</td></tr><tr><td>ပုံ</td><td>[pòuɰ̃]</td><td>poun</td><td>piles of material</td></tr><tr><td>ပျစ်</td><td>[pjiʔ]</td><td>pyit</td><td>mats of palm thatching</td></tr><tr><td>ပြူး</td><td>[pjú]</td><td>pyu</td><td>items in twos or pairs.</td></tr><tr><td>ပြိုက်</td><td>[pjaiʔ]</td><td>pyaik</td><td>frequency of rain and snow</td></tr><tr><td>ပြင်</td><td>[pjìɰ̃]</td><td>pyin</td><td>doctrines, concepts, dictums, etc.</td></tr><tr><td>ပြာ</td><td>[pjàɰ̃]</td><td>pyan</td><td>number of times</td></tr><tr><td>ပွဲ</td><td>[pwɛ́]</td><td>pwe</td><td>dishes; offertories</td></tr><tr><td>ဖီး</td><td>[pʰí]</td><td>hpi</td><td>hands of bananas or plantains</td></tr><tr><td>ဖောင်</td><td>[pʰàuɰ̃]</td><td>hpaung</td><td>height or depth equal to the height of a person standing with upraised hands (i.e. from the soles of his feet to the tips of his upraised hands)</td></tr><tr><td>ဖုံ</td><td>[pʰòuɰ̃]</td><td>hpoun</td><td>things in heaps, batches or packs</td></tr><tr><td>ဖန်</td><td>[pʰàɰ̃]</td><td>hpan</td><td>denotes frequency</td></tr><tr><td>ဖြာ</td><td>[pʰjà]</td><td>hpya</td><td>denotes variety, diversity</td></tr><tr><td>ဖွာ</td><td>[pʰwà]</td><td>hpwa</td><td>number of puffs (from cigarettes, etc.)</td></tr><tr><td>မည်</td><td>[mjì]</td><td>myi</td><td>ingredients of a drug; kinds of dishes served</td></tr><tr><td>မြူ</td><td>[mjù]</td><td>myu</td><td>pots of <a href="/facts/Palm_wine/karpzovm">toddy wine</a></td></tr><tr><td>မျက်</td><td>[mjeʔ]</td><td>myet</td><td>bundles of loops in a skein of cotton</td></tr><tr><td>မှုတ်</td><td>[m̥ouʔ]</td><td>hmout</td><td>number of scoops with a dipper or ladle</td></tr><tr><td>မြွှာ</td><td>[m̥wà]</td><td>hmwa</td><td>segments of fruit (such as cloves of garlic); parts of a multiparous birth (such as twins)</td></tr><tr><td>မြှောင့်</td><td>[m̥ja̰uɰ̃]</td><td>hmyaung</td><td>longitudinally divided segments (such as cloves of garlic)</td></tr><tr><td>ယာ</td><td>[jà]</td><td>ya</td><td><a href="/facts/Betel/uQeTwPEl">betel</a> quids</td></tr><tr><td>ယှက်</td><td>[ʃɛʔ]</td><td>shek</td><td>thin slices of food (such as pancake, waffle, etc.)</td></tr><tr><td>ရန်</td><td>[jàɰ̃]</td><td>yan</td><td>objects in pairs</td></tr><tr><td>ရပ်</td><td>[jaʔ]</td><td>yat</td><td>itemisation; expressing things in terms of a man's height</td></tr><tr><td>ရေး</td><td>[jé]</td><td>yei</td><td>periods of sleep</td></tr><tr><td>ရေစီး</td><td>[jè zí]</td><td>yei zi</td><td>leaves in a <i>parabaik</i> (Pali manuscripts)</td></tr><tr><td>ရိုက်</td><td>[jaiʔ]</td><td>yaik</td><td>lengths measured with a bamboo pole</td></tr><tr><td>ရစ်</td><td>[jiʔ]</td><td>yit</td><td>instalments, stages, chevrons, stripes, etc.</td></tr><tr><td>ရွက်</td><td>[jwɛʔ]</td><td>ywet</td><td>counting sheets</td></tr><tr><td>လား</td><td>[lá]</td><td>la</td><td>races in a contest consisting of a series of cart or boat races</td></tr><tr><td>လီ</td><td>[lì]</td><td>li</td><td>multiples, frequencies</td></tr><tr><td>လေး</td><td>[lé]</td><td>lei</td><td>used in connection with multiples or in replicate, parts of a ratio</td></tr><tr><td>လော</td><td>[lɔ́]</td><td>law</td><td>number of times</td></tr><tr><td>လက်</td><td>[lɛʔ]</td><td>lek</td><td>elongated items; turns in the game of dice</td></tr><tr><td>လုတ်</td><td>[louʔ]</td><td>lout</td><td>mouthfuls of food</td></tr><tr><td>လုံး</td><td>[lóuɰ̃]</td><td>loun</td><td>round, globular items</td></tr><tr><td>လှိုင်း</td><td>[l̥áiɰ̃]</td><td>hlaing</td><td>sheaves of paddy</td></tr><tr><td>လွှာ</td><td>[l̥wà]</td><td>hlwa</td><td>layers, strata, etc.</td></tr><tr><td>ဝါး</td><td>[wá]</td><td>wa</td><td>handsbreadth</td></tr><tr><td>သား</td><td>[θá]</td><td>tha</td><td>number of ticals or fractions of a tical or viss</td></tr><tr><td>သုတ်</td><td>[θouʔ]</td><td>thouk</td><td>movements in groups or operations in shifts</td></tr><tr><td>သွယ်</td><td>[θwɛ̀]</td><td>thwe</td><td>long, sinuous things (such as strands of pearls, garlands of flowers); paths, ways, methods, means, etc.</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

For a list of words relating to Burmese numerical classifiers, see the Burmese classifiers category of words in <a href="/facts/Wiktionary/CkYghv2h">Wiktionary</a>, the free dictionary.

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Burmese_units_of_measurement/kI9fStC2">Burmese units of measurement</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Burmese_language/1gpcvawX">Burmese language</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Burmese_numerals/C6U4ykIM">Burmese numerals</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Measure_word/quecJsWU">Measure word</a></li></ul>

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Burmese numerical classifiers