CLASSIFIERS   

NUMBER MARKER FOR COUNTED THINGS. [[THIS HAS TO BE MOVED AND REVISED. ]]
Old Chinese Criteria
人 is the measure word for persons. 匹 is the measure word for horses. 乘 is the measure word for carriages.
Hypernym
  • PARTICLE　A WORD that NOT VERBAL AND NOT NOMINAL. [NOTE THAT THE GRAMMATICAL PARTICLES HAVE NOT BEEN FOCUSSED SO FAR IN THE SYSTEM AND NO SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS HAS BEEN APPLIED SO FAR.] (anc: 12/0, child: 24)
  • WORD　SOUND IMAGE of a CONCEPT. (Leibniz, Couturat p. 432) (anc: 11/0, child: 7)
  • SOUND　WHAT CAN be HEARD. (anc: 10/0, child: 7)

Words (7 items)

人  rén MC: nyin OC: njin 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • npost-V{NUM}.postadNindividuals counted of the type NCH
把  bǎ OC: praaʔ MC: pɣɛ 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • ncpost-V{NUM}.+Nclassifiermeasure word
枚  méi OC: mɯɯl MC: muo̝i 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • ncpost-V{NUM}.+Nclassifieritem measure
番  fān OC: phan MC: phi̯ɐn 2 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • ncpost-V{NUM}(.+N)classifieritem
  • ncpost-V{NUM}.+Nclassifieritem measure
頭  tóu OC: doo MC: du 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • ncpost-V{NUM}.+Nclassifiermeasure word for domestical animals
眾  zhòng OC: tjuŋs MC: tɕuŋ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • ncpost-V{NUM}.post-Nclassifierclassifier for persons of whom there is a large number
  • npost-V{NUM}.postadNTAIPINGGUANGJI: classifier 殺賊萬餘眾 "killed more than one hundred thieves"
名  míng OC: meŋ MC: miɛŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • n{adN}person