Abstract:Classifiers in Miluo Xiang dialect can directly restrict or modify nouns to form the classifiernoun phrases. This kind of phrase possesses the general function of the nominal elements to serve as subject, object, predicate, attribute and other syntactic constituents. Semantically, a classifiernoun phrase is referential and it can refer to both definite and indefinite things, depending on its syntactic position. The definite classifiernoun phrases cannot be at the beginning of the sentence while the indefinite ones can. The grammatical function of the classifiernoun phrases in Miluo Xiang dialect is roughly similar to Wu Chinese and Cantonese. However, the grammatical function of definite classifiernoun phrases in Miluo Xiang dialect is less than that in Cantonese while the grammatical function of indefinite classifiernoun phrases is more than that in Cantonese. What’s more, there is a distinct difference between these two dialects, that is, all the classifiernoun phrases at the beginning of the sentence in Miluo Xiang dialect are indefinite whereas those in Cantonese are definite.