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Object Classifiers 物件量詞

English Cantonese (Yue)
One (for books) 一本 yat1 bun2
One (for flat objects, paper) 一張 jat1 zoeng1
One piece (for long, thin objects; rivers) 一條 jat1 tiu4
One piece/block (for cake, land) 一塊 jat1 faai3
One bundle (for flowers, etc.) 一束
One box (for items that come in boxes) 一盒
One (for small round objects, stars) 一顆
One piece (for clothing, matters) 一件
One (for pens, flowers with stems) 一枝
One (for certain animals, clocks, shoes) 一隻
One grain (for small, round, granular objects) 一粒
One (for songs, teams) 一支