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