Classifiers Flashcards
Orang
Person/peopple (For people only)
Buah
Fruit (for round objects or object of indefinite shape or size)
Ekor
Tail (for animals, birds, insects)
Piece (for thin flat objects like wood, bread)
Keping
Piece (for thin flat objects like wood, bread)
Batang
Stem (for stick like objects like trees, rivers, spoons)
Bilah
Blade (For sharp objects such as a knife)
Biji
Seed (for small round objects such as eggs, fruits, glass)
Helai
Sheet (For thin and flat objects like paper, leaves, cloth)
Pasang
Pair (For things that come in pairs such as earrings and shoes)
Pucuk
For letters or weapons (pistol, rifles)
Gelas
For liquids that can be filled into glasses
Cawan
Cup of coffee or tea
Pinggan
Plate
Piring
Cake etc
Buku
For book like objects and small lumps or pieces
Laras
For longer weapons
Bungkus
For things that can be wrapped into packets
Botol
For liquids that can be filled into bottles
Dozen
Dozen
Guni
Sack
Ikat
For items that can be tied into bundles
Kilo
Kilo
Kilogram
Kilogram
Kotak
Box
Liter
Litre
Mangkuk
Bowl
Paket
Packet
Rim
Ream
Butir
Round small object
Hiris
For objects which have been cut into very small pieces
Helai
For thin and flat objects like paper/leaves/clothes
Bidang
For broad and flat objects such as land/mats/sails
Sikat
For counting bananas only
Tongkol
Objects that are compact, cylidrical, clustered (corn)
Longgok
A pile, stack or heap loosely gathered together (Veggies, rubbish)
Segenggam
A handful (how much one can be held in ones palm)
Warna
Colour for things like (bronze, silver, gold etc)
Buku
For book like objects