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 * 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