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ENGLISH AND CHINESE DICTIONARY.
- A, 亞, 阿, 一
- A, the letter a. The broad and open sound of this letter is expressed by 亞 or 阿
- A, considered as the article of unity, is in Chinese expressed by 一, between which and the noun, a character is frequently inserted, by which the Chinese reckon the thing referred to, and therefore it is called a numeral; as,
- a man 一個人
- a bottle 一個蹲
- a horse 一匹馬
- a dog 一隻狗
- a chair 一張椅
- a table 一張檯
- a pen 一枝筆
- a shirt 一件汗衫
- a fan 一把扇
- a broom 一柄掃把
- a house 一間屋
- a room 一間房
- a needle 一眼針
- a boat 一隻艇
- a knife 一張刀
- a book 一部書
- a sedan chair 一乘轎
- a cash 一文錢
- a fish 一尾魚
- a teacher 一位先生
- a piece of cloth 一疋布
- a sbeet of paper 一張紙
- a pane of glass 一塊玻璃
- a lump of beef 一方牛肉
- a pair of shoes 一對鞋
- a pair of blankets 一合洋氈
- a pair of trousers 一條褲
- a suit of clothes 一套衣服
- a set of books 一套書
- a number of people 一堆人，一羣人
- a shoal of fish 一魚
- a flock of birds 一羣雀
- a flock of sheep 一羣綿羊
- a swarm of bees 一羣蜜蜂
- a slab of stone 一塊石
