-The most popular measure words list in Chinese
Chart 1 with Pinyin:
*Students who follow Mandarin Time curriculum, please learn 15 words per course from Level 1-3, 20 words per course for Level 4:
No.1-15(Level 1), No.16-30(Level 2)
No.31-45(Level 3-Course 1),No.46-60(Level 3-Course 2)
No.31-45(Level 3-Course 1),No.46-60(Level 3-Course 2)
No.61-80(Level 4-Course 1),No.81-100(Level 4-Course 2)
Chart 2-Without Pinyin:
NO. | Hànzì | Used for: | Example | Translation |
1 | 个 | people or objects | 一个人 | a person |
2 | 块 | pieces of cloth, cake, soap, etc.; money and currency units (colloquial) | 一块蛋糕 | a piece of cake |
3 | 只 | birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, boats, etc. | 一只鸟 | a bird |
4 | 本 | books, parts of a serial, etc. | 一本书 | a book |
5 | 辆 | vehicles | 一辆车 | a car |
6 | 瓶 | quantity contained in a bottle, vase, jar or flask | 一瓶啤酒 | a bottle of beer |
7 | 杯 | certain containers of liquids: glass, cup | 一杯水 | a glass of water |
8 | 双 | pairs (of shoes, socks, chopsticks, etc.) | 一双袜子 | a pair of socks |
9 | 件 | clothes, events, things, etc. | 一件衣服 | a piece of clothing |
10 | 张 | flat objects and sheets (bed, desk, paper, etc.); certain body parts (face, mouth) | 一张纸 | a piece of paper |
11 | 碗 | measurement of food and drink (bowl) | 一碗饭 | a bowl of rice |
12 | 种 | types, kinds, sorts | 一种动物 | a type of animal |
13 | 匹 | horses, mules; bolts of cloth | 一匹马 | a horse |
14 | 头 | certain domestic animals (cattles, mules, pigs, etc.); garlic | 一头猪 | a pig |
15 | 条 | long, narrow or thin objects (ribbon, river, road, trousers, etc.) | 一条鱼 | a fish |
16 | 位 | people (courteous) | 一位女士 | a lady |
17 | 项 | itemized things (clauses, tasks, research projects, etc.) | 一项项目 | a project |
18 | 名 | people | 一名学生 | a student |
19 | 些 | a small amount or small number (greater than one) | 一些东西 | some things |
20 | 家 | families or business establishments | 一家公司 | a company |
21 | 点(儿) | a little; a bit; some | 一点(儿)纸 | some paper |
22 | 场 | recreational, sports or other activities | 一场球赛 | a ball game; a match |
23 | 句 | sentences | 一句话 | a sentence |
24 | 段 | stories, periods of time, lengths of thread, etc. (a section, segment or part) | 一段时间 | a period of time |
25 | 分 | spoken form of fractions and percentages; minutes; various units of measure | 三分之一 | one-third |
26 | 处 | places, occurrences or activities in different places; items of damage (spot, point) | 两处错误 | two mistakes |
27 | 片 | slices, tablets, tracts of land, areas of water; CDs, movies, DVDs; scenes, feelings, atmospheres, etc. | 一片土地 | a stretch of land |
28 | 套 | books, furniture, rooms, methods, remarks (a set, suit or suite) | 一套书 | a set of books |
29 | 座 | mountains, buildings and other immovable objects | 一座山 | a mountain |
30 | 部 | works of literature, films, machines, etc. | 一部电影 | a film |
31 | 则 | written items | 一则广告 | an advertisement |
32 | 层 | layers, stratums (a storey, a floor) | 一层灰尘 | a layer of dust |
33 | 样 | kind, type | 两样点心 | two types of pastries |
34 | 群 | people or animals (a group, herd, flock or pack) | 一群人 | a crowd of people |
35 | 届 | events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation) | 一届论坛 | a forum (for discussion) |
36 | 支 | long, thin, inflexible objects (pens, guns); rods; army divisions; songs or compositions | 一支笔 | a pen |
37 | 批 | batches, lots, groups | 一批学生 | a group of students |
38 | 篇 | paper, book leaves, written items, articles, etc. (sheet, leaf, piece) | 一篇文章 | an article |
39 | 番 | actions, deeds; occurances (of an event, action or speech utterance); situations (kind, sort) | 一番功夫 | a lot of effort |
40 | 股 | smells, smoke, etc. (puff, whiff); sudden, forceful actions; long winding things (ropes, rivers); bands of people | 一股香味 | a whiff of fragrance |
41 | 首 | songs and poems | 一首歌 | a song |
42 | 声 | sounds | 一声炮响 | the sound of a canon |
43 | 颗 | roundish objects (small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites, etc.) | 一颗星星 | a star |
44 | 组 | sets, series, groups of people, batteries | 一组学生 | a group of students |
45 | 盏 | lamps | 一盏灯 | a lamp |
46 | 口 | things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells, etc.) | 一家三口人 | a family of three |
47 | 把 | objects with handles; small objects (a handful); certain abstract concepts | 一把刀 | a knife |
48 | 间 | rooms; sections of rooms | 一间卧室 | a bedroom |
49 | 笔 | sums of money, financial accounts, debts, deals, etc. | 一笔钱 | a sum of money |
50 | 所 | houses, small buildings, institutions, etc. (schools, hospitals, etc.) | 一所学校 | a school |
51 | 对 | pair, couple | 一对夫妇 | a married couple |
52 | 根 | long, thin objects (cigarettes, guitar strings, etc.) | 一根头发 | a strand of hair |
53 | 幅 | textiles or pictures | 一幅画 | a painting |
54 | 出 | dramas, plays, operas, etc. | 一出戏 | a play; an opera |
55 | 道 | long, narrow objects; doors, walls; orders, questions; courses in a meal, stages in a procedure, etc. | 一道题 | a question (on a test) |
56 | 拨 | people (group; batch) | 一拨人 | a group of people |
57 | 队 | files, lines or rows | 一队战士 | a file of soldiers |
58 | 堆 | heaps or piles; crowds | 一堆垃圾 | a pile of rubbish |
59 | 阵 | events or states of short duration | 一阵掌声 | a burst of applause |
60 | 面 | flat things or surfaces (drums, mirrors, flags); the number of times people meet each other | 一面镜子 | a mirror |
61 | 台 | machinery, apparatus, instruments, etc.; a complete stage performance | 一台电脑 | a computer |
62 | 局 | games (match, set, round, etc.) | 一局棋 | a game of chess |
63 | 棵 | plants | 一棵树 | a tree |
64 | 盒 | small box, case | 一盒糖果 | a box of candy |
65 | 户 | households or families | 一户人家 | a household |
66 | 栋 | houses or buildings | 一栋楼 | a building |
67 | 节 | segments (lessons, train wagons, biblical verses, etc.) | 一节课 | a class (period) |
68 | 封 | sealed objects (letters or other things in envelopes) | 一封信 | a letter |
69 | 班 | a group of people; a trip by bus, boat, etc. | 下一班火车 | the next train |
70 | 盘 | food (dish, helping); coils of wire; games of chess | 一盘菜 | a plate of food |
71 | 副 | pairs, sets of things and facial expressions | 一副笑脸 | a smiling face |
72 | 趟 | times, round trips or rows | 这趟火车 | this train |
73 | 款 | versions or models (of a product) | 一款新鞋子 | a new style of shoe |
74 | 团 | lumps or soft masses (wad of paper, ball of wool, cloud or smoke) | 一团面 | a lump of dough |
75 | 束 | bunches, bundles, beams of light, etc. | 一束花 | a bunch of flowers |
76 | 门 | subjects of study or fields of technical training | 一门外语 | a foreign language |
77 | 架 | machines, airplanes and instrument which rest on a tripod or stand | 一架飞机 | an airplane |
78 | 顿 | meals, beatings, scoldings, etc. | 一顿饭 | a meal |
79 | 堵 | walls | 一堵墙 | a wall |
80 | 壶 | bottled liquid (kettle, pot, bottle, flask) | 一壶茶 | a pot of tea |
81 | 朵 | flowers and clouds | 一朵花 | a flower |
82 | 排 | lines, rows | 一排椅子 | a row of chairs |
83 | 份 | shares, parts or portions (of a whole); copies (of documents, newspapers, periodicals, etc.) | 一份报纸 | a newspaper |
84 | 具 | devices, coffins or dead bodies | 一具尸体 | a corpse |
85 | 包 | packages, bundles or sacks | 一包大米 | a sack of rice |
86 | 罐 | jars, pots or tins | 一罐葡萄酱 | a jar of grape jam |
87 | 粒 | grainlike things; small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains, etc.) | 一粒米 | a grain of rice |
88 | 卷 | small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel, spool, etc.) | 一卷卫生纸 | a roll of toilet paper |
89 | 堂 | classes, lectures, etc.; sets of furniture | 一堂课 | a class |
90 | 起 | occurrences or unpredictable events (case, instance); groups (batch, group) | 一起交通事故 | a car accident |
91 | 枝 | flowers with stems intact; sticks, rods, pencils, etc. | 一枝梅花 | a spray of plum blossoms |
92 | 株 | plants and small trees; seedlings | 一株树苗 | a sapling |
93 | 轮 | big round objects (disk, sun, moon); recurring events (round, turn) | 一轮会谈 | a round of talks |
94 | 桌 | tables of guests at a banquet; table; tableful | 两桌客人 | two tables of guests |
95 | 桶 | buckets, pails, cans, barrels, tubs, kegs | 一桶油 | a barrel of oil |
96 | 滴 | drops | 一滴水 | a drop of water |
97 | 串 | a string of things (string, bunch, cluster) | 一串珠子 | a string of beads |
98 | 列 | a series or row of things | 一列火车 | a train |
99 | 箱 | large boxes, cases, trunks | 一箱纸 | a box of paper |
100 | 扇 | doors and windows | 一扇门 | a door |
*Students who follow Mandarin Time curriculum, please learn 15 words per course from Level 1-3, 20 words per course for Level 4:
No.1-15(Level 1), No.16-30(Level 2)
No.31-45(Level 3-Course 1),No.46-60(Level 3-Course 2)
No.31-45(Level 3-Course 1),No.46-60(Level 3-Course 2)
No.61-80(Level 4-Course 1),No.81-100(Level 4-Course 2)
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