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Counter Types of noun (Example) Native, Sino or both?

Nearly all objects, except for those below

(; ten apples)

Native

Animals (; five cows) Native

People (; three soldiers) Native Long object, sometimes with a handle

(; one pencil)

Native

Trees (; five trees) Native

Pair, for either shoes or socks

(; four pairs of socks)

Native

Clothes, set (; one set of suit) Native

Buildings (; three houses) Native

Books, with cardinal numbers

(; five notebooks)

Native

Volume, with ordinal numbers

(; Civil Law, Volume Four)

Sino

Bundled objects

(; three bundles of squid)

Native

Bundled objects (; four bundles of scallions) Native

Paper or thin, flat objects, with cardinal numbers

(; ten sheets of colored paper)

Native

Chapter, with ordinal numbers

(; Gospel of Matthew, Chapter

three)

Sino

Weight (kilogram)

(; seven kilograms of flour)

Sino

Distance (kilometer)

(; five kilometers of road)

Sino

Distance (Chinese mile) (; fifteen miles) Sino

A board full of objects, with cardinal numbers

(; four boards of eggs)

Native

Edition, with ordinal numbers

(; Civil Law, Second Edition)

Sino

Age (; fifty-five years old) Native

Age (; fifty-five years old) Sino

Cup, glass (; a glass of water) Native

Machine (; one car) Native

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Class (in school), with ordinal numbers

(14; Daewon High School, 14th graduating

class)

Sino