Below is a comprehensive list of Chinese measure words and what they are used to count.
Hanzi | Pinyin | Use |
把 | bă | chair, knife, umbrella, toothbrush; objects with handles |
包 | bāo | pack of cigarettes; packets of objects |
杯 | bēi | tea, coffee, cup |
本 | bĕn | book, magazine |
部 | bù | film |
串 | chuàn | for items that come in bunches or clusters, e.g.: grapes or bananas |
床 | chuáng | blankets |
顶 | dĭng | hats |
堵 | dǔ | walls |
对 | duì | for items that are paired (but not necessarily so) |
份 | fèn | newspaper; share; portion; copies |
封 | fēng | letter (written document) |
副 | fù | sunglasses |
个 | gè | general measure word; people |
根 | gēn | bananas; other long, slender objects |
罐 | guàn | can (of soda or food); jar; tin |
户 | hù | homes; households |
家 | jiā | companies; buildings; households |
架 | jià | bridge; airplane |
间 | jiān | room |
件 | jiàn | clothes; luggage |
届 | jiè | events; used for events like the Olympics, World Cup, and such that occur frequently |
斤 | jīn | pound (actually 0.5 kilograms) |
句 | jù | phrase; remark |
卷 | juăn | reel; spool; toilet paper; camera film |
棵 | kē | tree |
课 | kè | text; lesson |
口 | kŏu | family members; household |
块 | kuài | soap; piece of land; Olympic medals; other things that come in hunks, chunks, or lumps; a measure of currency |
辆 | liàng | car; bicycle; wheeled vehicles |
轮 | lún | round (of talks, sports) |
匹 | pĭ | horses; bolt of cloth |
瓶 | píng | bottles |
起 | qĭ | cases (used for criminal case); batch, group (e.g.: visitors) |
群 | qún | crowd; group (of people); flock (of birds, sheep); swarm (bees); herd (animals) |
首 | shŏu | poems |
双 | shuāng | chopsticks; items that necessarily come in pairs |
艘 | sōu | boats; ships |
台 | tái | computers; televisions; radios; other machines |
套 | tào | set (of furniture, stamps) |
条 | tiáo | streets; rivers; fish; snakes; other long, winding objects |
头 | tóu | domestic animals; head of cattle; mules; other larger animals |
位 | wèi | person (polite usage) |
张 | zhāng | map; bed; table; other flat, rectangular objects |
只 | zhī | animal; one of a pair of body parts (hands, feet, ears); earrings; rings |
枝 | zhī | pencil, cigarette, pen; other long, thin objects |
支 | zhī | pencil, cigarette, pen; other long, thin objects |
坐 | zuò | mountains; bridges; buildings |
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