杯
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杯 hai
Counts cups, glasses and bowls
For drinks and food served in a container: cups of coffee, glasses of beer, bowls of rice.
Use it for
- コーヒー cups of coffee
- 水 (みず) glasses of water
- ご飯 (ごはん) bowls of rice
Counting from one to ten
Highlighted forms change their sound, so learn them by heart.
| Number | Reading | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | いっぱい | ippai |
| 2 | にはい | nihai |
| 3 | さんばい | sanbai |
| 4 | よんはい | yonhai |
| 5 | ごはい | gohai |
| 6 | ろっぱい | roppai |
| 7 | ななはい | nanahai |
| 8 | はっぱい or はちはい | happai / hachihai |
| 9 | きゅうはい | kyūhai |
| 10 | じゅっぱい or じっぱい | juppai / jippai |
| How many? | なんばい | nanbai |
Same sound changes as 本. いっぱい also means “full” or “a lot”.
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