枚
Meanings
1. classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 个 (gè))
2. classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc
3. (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai")
4. (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
Characters used
Examples6
我们
We have a half-dozen eggs.
他
He took out some coins.
我
I have several silver coins.
往
Put a record on the stereo.
萨米
Sami bought Layla a beautiful diamond ring.
她
She recognized the brooch as the one she had lost a few months before.