<p>Check out the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_classifiers" rel="nofollow">list of classifiers on Wikipedia</a> -- it notes that particular classifiers are Cantonese only, like <em>zam6</em> for smells, <em>bung6</em> for walls, <em>gaan1</em> for stores, <em>zoeng1</em> for chairs and so on.</p>

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<p>There are many resources listing classifiers for Mandarin, but do any pages exist that document classifiers for Cantonese?</p>

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List of classifiers for Cantonese?
# List of classifiers for Cantonese?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-04-16)

There are many resources listing classifiers for Mandarin, but do any pages exist that document classifiers for Cantonese?

**Tags:** cantonese, topolect, measure-word


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-04-17. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Check out the [list of classifiers on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_classifiers) -- it notes that particular classifiers are Cantonese only, like *zam6* for smells, *bung6* for walls, *gaan1* for stores, *zoeng1* for chairs and so on.


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