Although there are 80 classifiers many of them are rather falling into disuse and you can get along well with a lot less.
The following list includes all those you have already had in the lessons as well as some others you are likely to come across within the range of reading appropriate to the standard of this book.
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กระบอก |
GRABORK |
l-l |
Guns, pipes, tubes
etc. |
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กลัก |
GLUK |
l |
Matchboxes, pillboxes
etc. |
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กลุ่ม |
GLOOM |
l |
Reels, hanks, balls of
string. |
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กอง |
GORNG |
c |
Piles or heaps of
things. |
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ก้อน |
GORN |
d |
Lumps, stones, pieces of cakes,
clouds. |
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ขนาด |
KANAHT |
l-l |
Sizes of
things. |
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ขบวน |
KABOO-AN |
l-c |
Processions, trains, convoys
etc. |
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ข้าง |
KAHNG |
d |
Legs and
arms. |
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คน |
KON |
c |
Persons. |
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คัน |
KUN |
c |
Vehicles but
not ox carts, for which we use LEM. |
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คู่ |
KOO |
d |
Pairs of animals, persons or
things. For trousers use DTOO-A. |
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เครื่อง |
KREU-ANG |
d |
Tools, utensils, machines, radios
etc. |
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ชนิด |
CHANIT |
h-h |
Kinds or sorts of
things. |
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ฉบับ |
CHABUP |
l-l |
Documents, letters, newspapers
etc. |
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ช่อ |
CHOR |
d |
Bunches of flowers or clusters of
fruit. |
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ชิ้น |
CHIN |
h |
Pieces of meat, cloth
etc. Tasks of work. |
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ชุด |
CHOOT |
h |
Suits of
clothing, sets of things, teams for games. |
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ซอง |
SORNG |
c |
Envelops, paper
containers. |
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ซี่ |
SEE |
d |
Teeth, ribs, fence
palings. |
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ดวง |
DOO-ANG |
c |
Stars, lamps, lights, stamps, medals
etc. |
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ดอก |
DORK |
l |
Flowers, patterns
on cloth, treads on tyres etc. |
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ต้น |
DTON |
d |
Trees, posts, columns
etc. |
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ตัว |
DTOO-A |
c |
Animals, birds,
reptiles, fish and insects. Tables, chairs, coats etc. |
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ถุง |
TOONG |
r |
Bags, sacks,
purses. |
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แถว |
TAAW |
r |
Rows, lines,
ranks. |
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ท่อน |
TORN |
d |
Odd pieces
of cloth and other things, Timber offcuts etc. |
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นาย |
NAI |
c |
Male persons, officials
etc. More formal than KON. |
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บท |
BOT |
l |
Lessons, songs, verses
etc. |
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บาท |
BAHT |
l |
Money. |
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บาน |
BAHN |
c |
Doors, windows, mirrors, screens
etc. |
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บิ้น |
BIN |
d |
Saws. |
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ใบ |
BY |
c |
Leaves, leaflets,
round hollow objects such as hats, cushions, cups, bowls etc. Also used for
fruit and eggs. |
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ผล |
PON |
r |
Fruit. Also use
BY. |
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ผืน |
PEUN |
r |
Pieces of
cloth of special size such as carpets, towels, sarong lengths
etc. |
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แผ่น |
PAAN |
l |
Flat objects,
sheets of paper, boards gramophone records etc. |
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แผนก |
PANAAK |
l-l |
Departments or sections of an organization. |
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ฟอง |
FORNG |
c |
Eggs. Also use
BY. |
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มวน |
MOO-AN |
c |
Cigarettes, cigars
etc. |
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ม้วน |
MOO-AN |
h |
Rolls of
toilet paper, cash register paper, rolls of linoleum. |
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เม็ด |
MET |
h |
Seeds, pills, gems,
buttons. |
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รูป |
ROOP |
d |
Pictures, statues
etc. |
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โรง |
RONG |
c |
Sheds or
buildings such as factory buildings or movie houses. |
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เรื่อง |
REU-ANG |
d |
Stories, subject matter of books or
films. |
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เรือน |
REU-AN |
c |
Clocks,
watches. |
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ลำ |
LUM |
c |
Boats, aeroplanes
and long hollow things such as bamboo. |
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ลูก |
LOOK |
d |
Children, the
young of animals, small round fruit, cartridges, keys etc. |
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เล่ม |
LEM |
d |
Books, knives,
forks, spoons, umbrellas and things with handles such as ox carts, wheel barrows
etc. |
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สาย |
SAI |
r |
Rails, roads,
string, belts, ropes, airlines etc. |
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เส้น |
SEN |
d |
Filaments, strings, ropes, hairs
etc. |
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หน้า |
NAH |
d |
Pages of
books or magazines or newspapers. |
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หลัง |
LUNG |
r |
Houses, rafts, mosquito
nets. |
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ห่อ |
HOR |
l |
Parcels, packets
wrapped in paper, bundles etc. |
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ห้อง |
HORNG |
d |
Rooms. |
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แห่ง |
HAANG |
l |
Places. |
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องค์ |
ONG |
c |
Kings, queens, priests,
princes. |
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อย่าง |
YAHNG |
l |
A way or a
manner. |
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อัน |
UN |
c |
Miscellaneous small
objects. |
In the case of a great many nouns such as parts of the body, geographical features, furniture etc. which are not readily classified into groups the classifier used is the word itself.
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MEU
SORNG MEU
TOWNUN มือสองมือเท่านั้น
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Only two hands. |
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KOW MEE
DTOO
NUNGSEU
SAHM
DTOO He has three book-cases. เขามีตู้หนังสือสามตู้ |
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Representative list of words for which the classifier is a repetition of the word itself.
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Body |
ตัว |
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Head |
หัว |
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Eye |
ตา |
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Ear |
หู |
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Neck |
คอ |
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Shoulder |
ไหล่ |
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Mouth |
ปาก |
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Arm |
แขน |
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Hand |
มือ |
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Finger |
นิ้วมือ |
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Chest |
หน้าอก |
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Abdomen |
ท้อง |
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Foot |
เท้า |
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Tail |
หาง |
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Leg |
ขา |
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Mountain |
ภูเขา |
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Bay,
gulf. |
อ่าว |
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Island |
เกาะ |
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Peninsular |
แหลม |
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Beach |
ชายหาด |
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Port,
harbour. |
ท่า |
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Country |
ประเทศ |
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Klong |
คลอง |
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Bank,
shore. |
ฝั่ง |
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Dam |
ทำนบ |
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Continent |
ทวีป |
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Ocean |
มหาสมุทร |
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World |
โลก |
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Fence |
รั้ว |
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Lawn |
สนาม |
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Garden |
สวน |
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Room |
ห้อง |
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Steps,
staircases. |
บันได |
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Cupboard |
ตู้ |
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Drawer |
ลิ้นชัก |
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Shelf |
หิ้ง |
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Bed |
เตียง |
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Store |
เตา |
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Picture |
รูป |
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Raft |
แพ |
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Mine |
เหมือง |
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Wat |
โบสถ์ |
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Commercial
firm |
ห้าง |
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Group (of
people) |
คณะ |
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Company |
บริษัท |
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Language |
ภาษา |
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Nationality |
ชาติ |
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Key |
กุญแจ |
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Generated by Lyndon Hill on Thu Jul 20 18:40:26 BST 2006.
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