隻 (Kangxi radical 172,隹+2, 10 strokes,cangjie input人土水 (OGE) or難人土水 (XOGE),four-corner2040₇,composition⿱隹又)

• 愯,㨦,㸕,䑾,謢,䨇,蒦,篗,䨥

• Kangxi Dictionary:page 1364, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41941
• Dae Jaweon: page 1867, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4090, character 10
• Unihan data for U+96BB

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 隹(“short-tailed bird”) + 又(“hand”).

To hold one bird is隻; to hold two birds is雙.

FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*kV-tek(“one”).

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隻

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) one bird
2. single

   隻字不提／只字不提  ― zhīzìbùtí  ―  to not say asingle word

3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, mathematics)odd
4. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)alone
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese)unique
6. Classifier for one of apair. ⇒all nouns using this classifier

   Antonyms:雙 /双(shuāng)(pair),對 /对(duì)(pair),副(fù)(pair/set)

   Alternative form:只

   一隻鞋，一雙鞋／一只鞋，一双鞋  ― yīzhī xié, yī shuāng xié  ―  a shoe, a pair of shoes

7. Classifier forbirds and certainanimals (especially limbed or small, grabbable by hand).

   Coordinate terms:頭 /头(tóu)(for large animals),條 /条(tiáo)(for long/thin animals)

   一隻貓／一只猫  ― yīzhī māo  ―  a cat

   兩隻豬／两只猪[Cantonese]  ― loeng⁵zek³ zyu¹[Jyutping]  ―  two pigs

   • 1617,張應俞, “明騙販豬”, in騙經‎^[1]:

     一日，販小豬四隻，往崇安、大安去賣。[Written Vernacular Chinese,trad.]
     一日，贩小猪四只，往崇安、大安去卖。[Written Vernacular Chinese,simp.]

     Yīrì, fàn xiǎozhū sìzhī, wǎng Chóng'ān, Dà'ān qù mài.[Pinyin]

     One day, [Deng Zhaobao] bought four piglets and went to Chong'an and Da'an to sell them.

   • 2018, “離水的魚”‎^[2]performed by蔡秋鳳 [Kerris Tsai]:

     我親像一隻離水的魚[Taiwanese Hokkien,trad.]
     我亲像一只离水的鱼[Taiwanese Hokkien,simp.]

     góa chhin-chhiūⁿ chi̍tchiah lī chúi ê hî[Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     I am like a fish away from water

8. Classifier forsymmetricalbody parts,limbs,hands,feet.

   昆蟲有六隻腳。／昆虫有六只脚。  ― Kūnchóng yǒu liùzhī jiǎo.  ―  Insects have six legs.

   十隻手指／十只手指  ― shízhī shǒuzhǐ  ―  ten fingers

   四隻桌腳／四只桌脚  ― sìzhī zhuō jiǎo  ―  four table feet

9. Classifier for certainvessels,containers,utensils and objects worn on or grabbable by hand.

   Alternative form:只

   一隻戒指／一只戒指  ― yīzhī jièzhǐ  ―  one ring

   一隻手錶／一只手表  ― yīzhī shǒubiǎo  ―  one wristwatch

   一隻皮箱／一只皮箱  ― yīzhī píxiāng  ―  one leather suitcase

   兩隻花瓶／两只花瓶  ― liǎngzhī huāpíng  ―  two flower vases

   一隻氣球／一只气球  ― yīzhī qìqiú  ―  one air balloon

10. Classifier forboats.

    Alternative form:只

    四隻船／四只船  ― sìzhī chuán  ―  four boats

11. Classifier forsongs.
12. (dialectal, humorous or derogatory)Classifier for people.
13. (Cantonese)Classifier forkinds orvarieties.

    呢隻雪糕太甜喇。[Cantonese,trad.]
    呢只雪糕太甜喇。[Cantonese,simp.]

    ni¹zek³ syut³ gou¹ taai³ tim⁴ laa³.[Jyutping]

    Thissort of ice cream is too sweet.

14. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang)Classifier formonths of prison sentence.

    Coordinate term:轆 /辘