List of Measure Words

Chinese Pinyin Main uses

b "handful" objects that can be held, relatively long and flat
objects
bn scheduled services (trains, etc.), group of people, a class as in
pupils
bo packet, package, bundle
bi "cup", "glass" drinks/beverages
Bn "volume" bound print matter
b strokes of characters; large quantities of money
b machinery, vehicles; productions
c volumes of books
cng "floor"/"story"; "layer"
chng short duration event; precipitation
chun sets of numbers
chung "bed"
c "time" opportunities, accidents
ch acts in a play
d dozen
di sackfuls, pouchfuls, bagfuls, pocketfuls
do linear projections (light rays, etc.); order given by an
authority figure, question, memo; course (of food); long
crooked things (mountain ridge, flash of lightning)
d "droplet" water, blood, other such fluids
Din "a bit"/"some" (only with )
di saucer (soy sauce)
dng literally "pillar" (smaller building, house)
dun "adjoining length" cables, roadways, piece of chalk, part of
a song
du "couple", "matched pair" (for certain things) couplets
du flower-like things
fn portions, multi-page documents
fng things that can be sealed
f picture-like objects
f objects which come in pairs (gloves, etc.) also for spectacles, a
pack of cards, mahjong
ge individual things, people general, catch-all measure word

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 (usage of this classifier in conjunction with any noun is
generally accepted if the person does not know the proper
classifier)
gn thin, slender objects; thin, flexible strands
g flows (of air, smell, influence)....
gun Small to medium "can of"
hng objects which form lines (words, etc.)
h (small) "box of"
h Households

hu Something in a pot
hu generally derogatory classifier for bands of people such as
gangs or hoodlums
ji machinery, vehicle
Jin rooms, spaces
Jin matters (affairs), clothing (tops), furniture
ji "section" (of bamboo, short class period)
j lines of poems, sentences
k trees and other such flora
k small objects, objects appearing small
k lessons in a text
ku population of villages (numbers less than 100), family
members, wells, mouthfuls of food
kui irregularly shaped "chunk", "lump", "piece"
l "grain"
Ling wheeled vehicles (not trains)
li trains
Mi medals, small flat things like stamps, banana peels, rings,
badges, rockets, missiles
mn objects pertaining to academics (courses, majors, subjects,
etc.); artillery (cannon)
min flat and smooth objects (mirror, flag, wall with roof, shield)
mng high-ranking persons (doctors, lawyers, politicians, royalty,
etc.), members; in formal language, can also be used for any
type of person (not necessarily high-ranking)
pi "rows of", "lines of" objects grouped in rows
pn flat objects or reels (video or audio cassette, small plate, coil
of incense)
p people, goods, etc.
p horses and other mounts; rolls/bolts of cloth

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 pin writings
pin "slice" thin, flat, sometimes irregular objects
png "bottle of"
qn "group" (incl. people), "herd", "crowd", "throng", "swarm", etc
shn things that open and close on hinges
shu things with verses
sh bunches of
shung pair of objects which naturally come in pairs
sau ships
Su small buildings, institutions
ti heavy objects, especially machines; performances
t classifier for questions
tio long, narrow, flexible objects
Tong conversation, lecture
Tng jug, bucket, barrel
tu "a head" certain animals; hair
tun "ball" rotund and wound objects (balls of yarn, etc.)
wn "bowl of"
wi polite, respectful classifier for people
xi some (only with , , , )
yng general items of differing attributes
y page
z journal, day log, diary
zhn stop (for buses and trains
zhng "sheet" flat or paper objects
zh alternative form of ("stalk"): can be used for rifles and
roses
zhng "types of", "kinds of"
zh smaller trees/plants (tree, rice plant, wheat plant)

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