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Chinese Measure Word
Chinese Measure Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 个(gè) | for people and many things... |
| 支(zhī) | for pen, pencil, song... |
| 张(zhāng) | for paper, desk, bed, face, board... |
| 把(bǎ) | for chairs, knives, a handful of... |
| 台(tái) | for car, computer, printer... |
| 本(běn) | for books, magazine... |
| 幅(fú) | for pictures, painting... |
| 块(kuài) | for a chunk of, eraser, a buck... |
| 位(wèi) | polite way for counting people |
| 名(míng) | for people |
| 间(jiān) | for rooms |
| 只(zhī) | classifier for birds and certain small animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
| 条(tiáo) | measure word for long narrow objects |
| 匹(pǐ) | M.W. For horses |
| 头(tóu) | classifier for large animals, e.g. pigs, oxen... |
| 片(piàn) | measure word for things in the form of flat and thin pieces, e.g. tablet; slic |
| 根(gēn) | root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, hair, needle, guitar strings; |
| 颗(kē) | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites, trees etc |
| 口(kǒu) | measure word for a bite, a mouth of teeth, number of people in a family |
| 双(shuāng) | used for pairs |
| 件(jiàn) | measure word for shirt, dresses, jackets, coats, etc. |
| 套(tào) | classifier for sets, collections |
| 杯bēi | measure word of cup/glass |
| 瓶(píng) | measure word for bottles |
| 碗(wǎn) | measure word for bowl |
| 盘(pán) | classifier for plate, dish |
| 道(dào) | measure word for courses in a meal |
| 篇(piān) | measure word for writing |