Measure Words In Chinese

Measure Words In Chinese

量词 - liàng cí

1. 个 – gè

2. 座 – zuò

3. 所 – suǒ

4. 幅 – fú

5. 帮 – bāng

6. 套 – tào

7. 扇 – shàn

8. 头 – tóu

9. 匹 – pǐ

10. 张 – zhāng

11. 件 – jiàn

12. 份 – fèn

13. 篇 – piān

14. 棵 – kē

15. 块 – kuài

16. 条 – tiáo

17. 双 – shuāng

18. 颗 – kē

19. 只 – zhī

20. 部 – bù

21. 把 – bǎ

22. 本 – běn

23. 粒 – lì

24. 片 – piàn

a measure word for general use

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measure word for building, mountain, etc

zuò

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measure word for school, hospital or building

suǒ

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measure word used to quantify pictures, paintings, prints, etc

fú

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secret society; group, band (measure word of people)

bāng

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measure word for suit, set, group, houses

tào

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a measure word for doors, windows, etc

shàn

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measure word for large animals (like pig, cow, sheep, elephant, etc.); for garlic or onion

tóu

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measure word for rolls of cloth or silk; measure word for horses

pǐ

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piece, sheet (used for photo, paper, drawings, etc.); used for bows; used for human face and mouth; used for tables, beds, etc.

zhāng

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a measure word for clothes, events, etc.

jiàn

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share, portion, part; copy

fèn

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measure word for papers, articles

piān

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measure word for tree or grass

kē

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piece, cut, lump

kuài

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measure word for long and thin things (trousers, road…, dogs), for people

tiáo

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a measure word for shoes and paired items

shuāng

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measure word for small spheres

kē

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measure word for birds and some animals, for one of certain paired things, for certain containers, or small

zhī

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measure word for films, works of literature, devices or vehicles

bù

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a measure word for something with a handle

bǎ

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measure word for books

běn

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measure for grain and grain-like things

lì

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measure word for leaves, pills, etc; vast expanse

piàn

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