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|柄 | |柄 | ||
|bǐng | |bǐng | ||
|thing with handle | |thing with a handle | ||
|一柄锤子 a hammer | |一柄锤子 a hammer | ||
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|''常'' | |''常'' | ||
|''cháng'' | |''cháng'' | ||
|''outdated length unit | |''outdated length unit of 1 zhàng 4 chǐ'' | ||
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|''吊'' | |''吊'' | ||
|''diào'' | |''diào'' | ||
|''outdated monetery unit | |''outdated monetery unit of 1000 coins'' | ||
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|顶/頂 | |顶/頂 | ||
|dǐng | |dǐng | ||
| | |thing with a top | ||
| | |一顶帽子 a hat | ||
|- | |- | ||
|锭/錠 | |锭/錠 | ||
|dìng | |dìng | ||
| | |ingot | ||
| | |一锭银子 an ingot of silver | ||
|- | |- | ||
|栋/棟 | |栋/棟 | ||
|dòng | |dòng | ||
| | |building | ||
| | |一栋楼 a building | ||
|- | |- | ||
|蔸 | |蔸 | ||
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|堵 | |堵 | ||
|dǔ | |dǔ | ||
| | |wall | ||
| | |一堵墙 a wall | ||
|- | |- | ||
|段 | |段 | ||
|duàn | |duàn | ||
| | |section | ||
| | |一段布 a cloth | ||
|- | |- | ||
|堆 | |堆 | ||
|duī | |duī | ||
| | |heap | ||
| | |一堆垃圾 a heap of junk | ||
|- | |- | ||
|队/隊 | |队/隊 | ||
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|ton; | |ton; | ||
volume unit for ship | volume unit for ship of 2.83 cubic metres | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|墩 | |墩 | ||
|dūn | |dūn | ||
| | |cluster of plants | ||
| | |一千墩花生 ａ thousand peanuts | ||
|- | |- | ||
|朵 | |朵 | ||
|duǒ | |duǒ | ||
| | |flower, cloud | ||
| | |一朵花 a flower | ||
|- | |- | ||
|垛 | |垛 | ||
|duò | |duò | ||
| | |pile | ||
| | |一垛砖 a pile of brircks | ||
|- | |- | ||
|发/發 | |发/發 | ||
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|番 | |番 | ||
|fān | |fān | ||
| | |number of times, kind, piece, fold | ||
| | |别有一番天地 being another kind of world, 翻一番 double | ||
|- | |- | ||
|畈 | |畈 | ||
|fàn | |fàn | ||
| | |tract of field | ||
| | |一畈田 a tract | ||
|- | |- | ||
|房 | |房 | ||
|fáng | |fáng | ||
| | |''string of fruit,'' wife and concubine | ||
| | |一房侧室 a side room (dweller) | ||
|- | |- | ||
|分 | |分 | ||
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|一份牛排 a steak, 一份报纸 a newspaper | |一份牛排 a steak, 一份报纸 a newspaper | ||
|- | |- | ||
|缶 | |''缶'' | ||
|fǒu | |''fǒu'' | ||
| | |''outdated volume unit of 16 or 32 dǒu'' | ||
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|竿 | |竿 | ||
|gān | |gān | ||
| | |bamboo, pipe smoke | ||
| | |一竿烟 a pipe smoke | ||
|- | |- | ||
|杆 | |杆 | ||
|gǎn | |gǎn | ||
| | |thing with a pole | ||
| | |一杆枪 a gun | ||
|- | |- | ||
|合 | |''合'' | ||
|gě | |''gě'' | ||
|volume unit | |''volume unit of 1/10 litre, outdated untelsil for grains'' | ||
outdated untelsil for grains | |||
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|根 | |根 | ||
|gēn | |gēn | ||
| | |thing of strip shape | ||
| | |一根电线 a wire | ||
|- | |- | ||
|弓 | |''弓'' | ||
|gōng | |''gōng'' | ||
|outdated length unit | |''outdated length unit of 1/5 chǐ'' | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|股 | |股 | ||
|gǔ | |gǔ | ||
| | |whiff, stream, band of people | ||
| | |一股烟 a smoke | ||
|- | |- | ||
|挂 | |挂 | ||
|guà | |guà | ||
| | |string | ||
| | |一挂鞭炮 a string of crackers | ||
|- | |- | ||
|管 | |管 | ||
|guǎn | |guǎn | ||
| | |slender cylindrical thing | ||
| | |一管铅笔 a pencil | ||
|- | |- | ||
|桄 | |''桄'' | ||
|guàng | |''guàng'' | ||
| | |''reel'' | ||
| | |''一桄线 a reel of string'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''过/過'' | |''过/過'' | ||
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|people | |people | ||
|几十号人 tens of people | |几十号人 tens of people | ||
|- | |||
| rowspan="2" |合 | |||
|hé | |||
|round of fight | |||
|战了五十合 fought 50 rounds | |||
|- | |||
|''gě'' | |||
|''volume unit of 1/10 litre, outdated untelsil for grains'' | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
|泓 | |泓 | ||
|hóng | |hóng | ||
| | |pure water | ||
| | |一泓清泉 a fountain | ||
|- | |- | ||
|户 | |户 | ||
|hù | |hù | ||
| | |family | ||
| | |一户人家 a mafily | ||
|- | |- | ||
|回 | |回 | ||
|huí | |huí | ||
| | |number of times, chapter, moment | ||
| | |上一回 last time | ||
|- | |- | ||
|伙/夥 | |伙/夥 | ||
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|级/級 | |级/級 | ||
|jí | |jí | ||
| | |step, stage, head | ||
| | |一级人头 a head of man | ||
|- | |- | ||
|记/記 | |记/記 | ||
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|架 | |架 | ||
|jià | |jià | ||
| | |''distance between posts'', thing with posts | ||
| | |一架飞机 an aeroplane | ||
|- | |- | ||
|肩 | |肩 | ||
|jiān | |jiān | ||
| | |shoulder | ||
| | |一肩重担 a shoulder burden | ||
|- | |- | ||
|间/間 | |间/間 | ||
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|煎 | |煎 | ||
|jiān | |jiān | ||
| | |decoction | ||
| | |一煎药 a decoction | ||
|- | |- | ||
|件 | |件 | ||
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|角 | |角 | ||
|jiǎo | |jiǎo | ||
| | |monetary unit of 1/10 yuán, quarter, ''outdated measuring vessel'' | ||
| | |屋子一角 a corner of the house | ||
|- | |- | ||
|绞/絞 | |绞/絞 | ||
|jiǎo | |jiǎo | ||
| | |skein | ||
| | |一绞毛线 a woolen thread | ||
|- | |- | ||
|觉/覺 | |觉/覺 | ||
|jiào | |jiào | ||
| | |sleep | ||
| | |一觉 a sleep | ||
|- | |- | ||
|节/節 | |节/節 | ||
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|截 | |截 | ||
|jié | |jié | ||
| | |piece | ||
| | |一截木头 a section of wood | ||
|- | |- | ||
|介 | |介 | ||
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|斤 | |斤 | ||
|jīn | |jīn | ||
| | |weight unit of 500 grams | ||
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|- | |- | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|茎 | |''茎'' | ||
|jīng | |''jīng'' | ||
|thin stick | |''thin stick'' | ||
|一茎草 a stick of grass | |''一茎草 a stick of grass'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|掬 | |掬 | ||
|jū | |jū | ||
| | |amount of hands holding | ||
| | |一掬土 hands held soil | ||
|- | |- | ||
|''举'' | |''举'' | ||
|''jǔ'' | |''jǔ'' | ||
|''outdated weight unit | |''outdated weight unit of 3 liǎng'' | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|筥 | |''筥'' | ||
|jǔ | |''jǔ'' | ||
| | |''four bundles of seedlings'' | ||
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|- | |- | ||
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|一具棺材 a coffin | |一具棺材 a coffin | ||
|- | |- | ||
|犋 | |''犋'' | ||
|jù | |''jù'' | ||
| | |''animal power unit of number of animals pulling a tool'' | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
|卷 | |卷 | ||
|juǎn | |juǎn | ||
| | |wad, amount of a roll | ||
| | |一卷钞票 a wad of banknotes | ||
|- | |- | ||
|开/開 | |开/開 | ||
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|棵 | |棵 | ||
|kē | |kē | ||
| | |plant | ||
| | |一棵树 a tree | ||
|- | |- | ||
|颗/顆 | |颗/顆 | ||
|kē | |kē | ||
| | |grain | ||
| | |一颗珍珠 a pearl | ||
|- | |- | ||
|客 | |客 | ||
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|孔 | |孔 | ||
|kǒng | |kǒng | ||
| | |cave, bridge, ... | ||
| | |一孔油井 an oil well | ||
|- | |- | ||
|口 | |口 | ||
|kǒu | |kǒu | ||
|well, mouthful of food | |well, mouthful of food | ||
|一口井 a well | |一口井 a well | ||
|- | |- | ||
|扣 | |''扣'' | ||
|kòu | |''kòu'' | ||
|bunch of document, thread lap | |''bunch of document, thread lap'' | ||
|拧了三扣 screwed three laps | |''拧了三扣 screwed three laps'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|块/塊 | |块/塊 | ||
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|厘 | |厘 | ||
|lí | |lí | ||
|magnitude | |magnitude of 1/100, length unit, weight unit, acreage unit, | ||
length, weight, acreage | |||
interest rate unit | interest rate unit | ||
|厘米 1/100 metre | |厘米 1/100 metre | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|卖 | |''卖'' | ||
|mài | |''mài'' | ||
|dish | |''dish'' | ||
|一卖杂烩 a dish of chowder | |''一卖杂烩 a dish of chowder'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|枚 | |枚 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|抔 | |''抔'' | ||
|póu | |''póu'' | ||
|grains | |''grains'' | ||
|一抔沙子 a handful of sand | |''一抔沙子 a handful of sand'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|铺/鋪 | |铺/鋪 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|阕/闋 | |''阕/闋'' | ||
|què | |''què'' | ||
|lyrics | |''lyrics'' | ||
|一阕词 a line of verse | |''一阕词 a line of verse'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|群 | |群 | ||
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|一帖中药 a dose of Chinese medicine | |一帖中药 a dose of Chinese medicine | ||
|- | |- | ||
|莛 | |''莛'' | ||
|tíng | |''tíng'' | ||
|stalk | |''stalk'' | ||
|一莛草 a stick of grass | |''一莛草 a stick of grass'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|梃 | |梃 | ||
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|绕树三匝 around the tree three turns | |绕树三匝 around the tree three turns | ||
|- | |- | ||
|扎 | |''扎'' | ||
|zā | |''zā'' | ||
|bunch | |''bunch'' | ||
|一扎钱 a bunch of cash | |''一扎钱 a bunch of cash'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|载/載 | |载/載 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|荮/葤 | |''荮/葤'' | ||
|zhòu | |''zhòu'' | ||
|ware bundled with grass | |''ware bundled with grass'' | ||
|一荮盘子 a bundle of plates | |''一荮盘子 a bundle of plates'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|株 | |株 | ||
Revision as of 12:48, 30 April 2017
In Chinese, in order to specify a certain number of something, you combine a number with a measure word or classifier, followed by the noun.
You need to know the right measure word when asking a "how much/many?" question using "jǐ 几".
Below is a comprehensive list of Chinese measure words and how to use them.
| Character | Pinyin | Usage or meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 把 | bǎ | handful thing | 一把粮食 a hand of grains |
| 班 | bān | group of people, scheduled transportation | 一班公交车 a bus |
| 版 | bǎn | outdated unit for wall | |
| 般 | bān | kind | 一般风景 a kind of scene |
| 瓣 | bàn | segment of flower | 一瓣花瓣 a segment of flower |
| 包 | bāo | pack | 一包烟 a pack of cigarette |
| 抱 | bào | encirclement of two arms | 一抱柴火 an armful of firewood |
| 杯 | bēi | amount of a cup | 一杯咖啡 a cup of coffee |
| 倍 | bèi | time of amount | 两倍收入 twice income |
| 本 | běn | book, plant | 一本书 a book |
| 笔/筆 | bǐ | payment, painting and calligraphy | 一笔交易 a deal |
| 遍 | biàn | number of times of action | 看一遍 look at it one time |
| 彪 | biāo | outdated, troop | |
| 柄 | bǐng | thing with a handle | 一柄锤子 a hammer |
| 拨/撥 | bō | group | 一拨客人 a group of customers |
| 步 | bù | step, length of a step | 一步棋 a move of chess |
| 部 | bù | movie, novel, vehicle, phone, ... | 一部电影 a movie |
| 槽 | cáo | groove | 一槽窗户 a slot of window |
| 册 | cè | book | 一册书 a book |
| 层/層 | céng | layer | 一层楼 a floor |
| 常 | cháng | outdated length unit of 1 zhàng 4 chǐ | |
| 场/場 | chǎng | activity | 一场比赛 a match, 一场地震 an earthquake |
| cháng | number of time | 一场雨 a rain | |
| 车/車 | chē | volume of a car/cart | 一车粮食 a car/cart of food |
| 酲 | chéng | wine urn | 一酲酒 an urn of wine |
| 重 | chóng | layer, piece | 三重门 three layers of door |
| 筹/籌 | chóu | people | 三筹好汉 three heroes |
| 出 | chū | drama | 一出戏 a show |
| 串 | chuàn | string of the same things | 一串葡萄 a bunch of grapes |
| 床 | chuáng | bedding | 一床被子 a quilt |
| 锤/錘 | chuí | outdated monetary unit | |
| 簇 | cù | cluster | 一簇鲜花 a cluster of flowers |
| 撮 | cuō | milliliter, pinch | 一撮土 a pinch of soil |
| 搭 | dā | piece | |
| 打 | dá | dozen | 一打铅笔 a dozen pencils |
| 沓 | dá | pile | 一沓信纸 a pile of letter paper |
| tà | set | 一沓杯子 a set of cups | |
| 袋 | dài | amount of a sack | 一袋米 a sack of rice |
| 石 | dàn | weight unit, volume unit | |
| 担 | dàn | thing beared by shoulders | 一担水 a bucket of water |
| 儋 | dàn | outdated weight unit | |
| 刀 | dāo | time of cutting, 100 pieces of paper | 切三刀 to cut 3 times, 一刀纸 100 pieces of paper |
| 道 | dào | strip, door, meal, question, sight of intrest, ... | 一道门 a door |
| 磴 | dèng | stair | 十磴台阶 ten steps of stair |
| 滴 | dī | drop | 一滴水 a drop of water |
| 点/點 | diǎn | uncertain little amount | 一点甜味 a little sweetness |
| 吊 | diào | outdated monetery unit of 1000 coins | |
| 叠 | dié | stack | 一叠盘子 a stack of plates |
| 顶/頂 | dǐng | thing with a top | 一顶帽子 a hat |
| 锭/錠 | dìng | ingot | 一锭银子 an ingot of silver |
| 栋/棟 | dòng | building | 一栋楼 a building |
| 蔸 | dōu | plant | 一蔸草 a stick of grass |
| 堵 | dǔ | wall | 一堵墙 a wall |
| 段 | duàn | section | 一段布 a cloth |
| 堆 | duī | heap | 一堆垃圾 a heap of junk |
| 队/隊 | duì | team | 一队士兵 a team of soldiers |
| 对/對 | duì | pair | 一对情侣 a pair of lovers |
| 吨/噸 | dūn | ton;
volume unit for ship of 2.83 cubic metres |
|
| 墩 | dūn | cluster of plants | 一千墩花生 ａ thousand peanuts |
| 朵 | duǒ | flower, cloud | 一朵花 a flower |
| 垛 | duò | pile | 一垛砖 a pile of brircks |
| 发/發 | fā | cartridge | 一发子弹 a bullet |
| 番 | fān | number of times, kind, piece, fold | 别有一番天地 being another kind of world, 翻一番 double |
| 畈 | fàn | tract of field | 一畈田 a tract |
| 房 | fáng | string of fruit, wife and concubine | 一房侧室 a side room (dweller) |
| 分 | fēn | divided part | 二分之一 1/2 |
| 份 | fèn | part | 一份牛排 a steak, 一份报纸 a newspaper |
| 缶 | fǒu | outdated volume unit of 16 or 32 dǒu | |
| 幅 | fú | paintiing, cloth | 一幅画 a painting |
| 副 | fù | set of thing, attitude | 一副盔甲 a suit of armor, 一副笑脸 a smiling face |
| 陔 | gāi | stage | |
| 竿 | gān | bamboo, pipe smoke | 一竿烟 a pipe smoke |
| 杆 | gǎn | thing with a pole | 一杆枪 a gun |
| 合 | gě | volume unit of 1/10 litre, outdated untelsil for grains | |
| 个/個 | gè | universal measure word | 一个人 a person, 一个场景 a scene |
| 根 | gēn | thing of strip shape | 一根电线 a wire |
| 弓 | gōng | outdated length unit of 1/5 chǐ | |
| 股 | gǔ | whiff, stream, band of people | 一股烟 a smoke |
| 挂 | guà | string | 一挂鞭炮 a string of crackers |
| 管 | guǎn | slender cylindrical thing | 一管铅笔 a pencil |
| 桄 | guàng | reel | 一桄线 a reel of string |
| 过/過 | guò | number of times | |
| 号/號 | hào | people | 几十号人 tens of people |
| 合 | hé | round of fight | 战了五十合 fought 50 rounds |
| gě | volume unit of 1/10 litre, outdated untelsil for grains | ||
| 泓 | hóng | pure water | 一泓清泉 a fountain |
| 户 | hù | family | 一户人家 a mafily |
| 回 | huí | number of times, chapter, moment | 上一回 last time |
| 伙/夥 | huǒ | group of people | 一伙强盗 a group of robbers |
| 和 | huò | time of changing water | 洗了三和 washed three times |
| 级/級 | jí | step, stage, head | 一级人头 a head of man |
| 记/記 | jì | hit on body | 一记耳光 a slap in the face |
| 剂/劑 | jì | decoction of medicinal ingredients | 一剂药 a dose of medicine |
| 家 | jiā | family, shop or enterprise, ... | 一家店铺 a shop |
| 架 | jià | distance between posts, thing with posts | 一架飞机 an aeroplane |
| 肩 | jiān | shoulder | 一肩重担 a shoulder burden |
| 间/間 | jiān | room | 一间公寓 an apartment |
| 煎 | jiān | decoction | 一煎药 a decoction |
| 件 | jiàn | affair, garment | 一件事 an affair |
| 角 | jiǎo | monetary unit of 1/10 yuán, quarter, outdated measuring vessel | 屋子一角 a corner of the house |
| 绞/絞 | jiǎo | skein | 一绞毛线 a woolen thread |
| 觉/覺 | jiào | sleep | 一觉 a sleep |
| 节/節 | jié | section | 一节比赛 a section of game, 一节竹子 a section of bamboo |
| 截 | jié | piece | 一截木头 a section of wood |
| 介 | jiè | person with occupation | 一介书生 a scholar |
| 届 | jiè | term of meeting or the group of students to graduate | 一届会议 a meeting |
| 斤 | jīn | weight unit of 500 grams | |
| 进/進 | jìn | layer | |
| 茎 | jīng | thin stick | 一茎草 a stick of grass |
| 掬 | jū | amount of hands holding | 一掬土 hands held soil |
| 举 | jǔ | outdated weight unit of 3 liǎng | |
| 筥 | jǔ | four bundles of seedlings | |
| 句 | jù | sentence | 一句话 a sentence |
| 具 | jù | coffin, corpse, bracket clock, ... | 一具棺材 a coffin |
| 犋 | jù | animal power unit of number of animals pulling a tool | |
| 卷 | juǎn | wad, amount of a roll | 一卷钞票 a wad of banknotes |
| 开/開 | kāi | karat, folds of folio | |
| 棵 | kē | plant | 一棵树 a tree |
| 颗/顆 | kē | grain | 一颗珍珠 a pearl |
| 客 | kè | sale of food | 一客冰淇淋 an ice-cream |
| 孔 | kǒng | cave, bridge, ... | 一孔油井 an oil well |
| 口 | kǒu | well, mouthful of food | 一口井 a well |
| 扣 | kòu | bunch of document, thread lap | 拧了三扣 screwed three laps |
| 块/塊 | kuài | ||
| 捆 | kǔn | ||
| 拉 | lǎ | the divided | 半拉地 the half of divided land |
| 累 | léi | ||
| 厘 | lí | magnitude of 1/100, length unit, weight unit, acreage unit,
interest rate unit |
厘米 1/100 metre |
| 粒 | lì | ||
| 联/聯 | lián | ||
| 两/兩 | liǎng | weight unit, 50 grams for now | 半斤八两 half jin and eight liang (idiom, at the same level, derogatory) |
| 緉 | liǎng | ||
| 辆/輛 | liàng | ||
| 料 | liào | ||
| 列 | liè | row of the same things | 一列火车 a train |
| 令 | lǐng | 500 piecses of paper | 一令纸 500 pieces of paper |
| 领/領 | lǐng | ||
| 绺/綹 | liǔ | ||
| 溜 | liù | ||
| 炉/爐 | lú | ||
| 轮/輪 | lún | ||
| 罗/羅 | luó | ||
| 落 | luò | pile | |
| 摞 | luò | ||
| 缕/縷 | lǚ | ||
| 锊/鋝 | lüè | ||
| 码/碼 | mǎ | ||
| 卖 | mài | dish | 一卖杂烩 a dish of chowder |
| 枚 | méi | ||
| 眉 | méi | ||
| 美 | měi | mel scale | |
| 门/門 | mén | cannon | 一门大炮 a big cannon |
| 面 | miàn | ||
| 秒 | miǎo | ||
| 缗/緡 | mín | ||
| 名 | míng | people | 一名商人 a merchant |
| 陌 | mò | outdated monetary unit, 100 wén | |
| 亩 | mǔ | area unit, 1/15 hectare for now | 一亩地 1 mu of land |
| 耦 | ǒu | ||
| 排 | pái | ||
| 派 | pài | ||
| 爿 | pán | ||
| 盘 | pán | ||
| 泡 | pāo | ||
| 抛 | pāo | dirty thing | |
| 脬 | pāo | ||
| 盆 | pén | ||
| 蓬 | péng | the dishevelled | 一蓬凤尾竹 a Bambusa multiplex |
| 捧 | pěng | ||
| 批 | pī | large thing or large amount of things | 一批货物 a batch of goods |
| 篇 | piān | ||
| 片 | piàn | ||
| 票 | piào | ||
| 撇 | piě | ||
| 榀 | pǐn | ||
| 抔 | póu | grains | 一抔沙子 a handful of sand |
| 铺/鋪 | pū | ||
| 骑/騎 | qí/jì | person with horse | 千乘万骑 thousand chariots and ten thousand cavalry |
| 起 | qǐ | ||
| 掐 | qiā | ||
| 钱/錢 | qián | ||
| 腔 | qiāng | ||
| 顷/頃 | qǐng | ||
| 丘 | qiū | divided paddy field | 一丘田 a paddy field |
| 躯/軀 | qū | ||
| 曲 | qǔ | ||
| 圈 | quān | ||
| 拳 | quán | ||
| 阕/闋 | què | lyrics | 一阕词 a line of verse |
| 群 | qún | ||
| 任 | rèn | term of office | 一任总统 a president |
| 扇 | shàn | ||
| 身 | shēn | ||
| 声/聲 | shēng | number of times of sound | 一声叹息 a sigh |
| 乘 | shèng | chariot | 千乘之国 country with a thousand chariots |
| 事 | shì | piece of garment | |
| 手 | shǒu | ||
| 首 | shǒu | ||
| 熟 | shú | ||
| 束 | shù | ||
| 双/雙 | shuāng | pair | 一双翅膀 a pair of wings |
| 艘 | sōu | ||
| 梭 | suō | ||
| 所 | suǒ | ||
| 索 | suǒ | ||
| 丝/絲 | sī | magnitude, 1/10000 | 丝米 1/10000 metre |
| 塔 | tǎ | ||
| 台(/臺) | tái | drama, aparatus, ... | 一台电视 a television |
| 抬(/擡) | tái | thing lifted by two people | 八抬大轿 eight lift sedan chair |
| 摊/攤 | tān | ||
| 滩/灘 | tān | ||
| 坛/壇 | tán | ||
| 堂 | táng | ||
| 趟 | tàng | ||
| 套 | tào | set | 一套餐具 a set of tableware |
| 提 | tí | ||
| 替 | tì | ||
| 挑 | tiāo | ||
| 条/條 | tiáo | ||
| 贴/貼 | tiē | ||
| 帖 | tiě | mixed decotion | 一帖中药 a dose of Chinese medicine |
| 莛 | tíng | stalk | 一莛草 a stick of grass |
| 梃 | tǐng | ||
| 挺 | tǐng | ||
| 通 | tōng | number of times, telegram, phone call | 一通电话 a phone call |
| 统/統 | tǒng | ||
| 桶 | tǒng | ||
| 筒 | tǒng | ||
| 头/頭 | tóu | animal | 一头大象 an elephant |
| 团/團 | tuán | ||
| 砣 | tuó | ||
| 庹 | tuǒ | outddated, length of stretched arms | |
| 弯/彎 | wān | curved moon | 一弯明月 a curved bright moon |
| 湾/灣 | wān | ||
| 碗 | wǎn | ||
| 汪 | wāng | ||
| 围 | wéi | ||
| 尾 | wěi | fish | 一尾鱼 a fish |
| 味 | wèi | kind of medicinal herb | 五味药 five kinds of herb |
| 文 | wén | ||
| 窝/窩 | wō | ||
| 握 | wò | ||
| 武 | wǔ | ||
| 席 | xí | table of meal | 一席酒 a table of wine |
| 袭/襲 | xí | ||
| 下 | xià | time of the same action | 点击鼠标两下 click the mouse two times |
| 线/線 | xiàn | ||
| 箱 | xiāng | ||
| 响/響 | xiǎng | number of times of sound | 双响 two times of sound |
| 项/項 | xiàng | ||
| 些 | xiē | some, somewhat | 一些人 some people |
| 歇 | xiē | ||
| 巡 | xún | urging guests to drink | 酒过三巡 after three times of persuading to drink |
| 浔/潯 | xún | ||
| 眼 | yǎn | ||
| 样/樣 | yàng | ||
| 引 | yǐn | outdated length unit, 10 zhàng | |
| 匝 | zā | turn | 绕树三匝 around the tree three turns |
| 扎 | zā | bunch | 一扎钱 a bunch of cash |
| 载/載 | zài | ||
| 遭 | zāo | time of encounter | 走一遭 go a time |
| 造 | zào | number of times of harvest | |
| 则/則 | zé | article | 一则公告 an annoncement |
| 拃 | zhǎ | length of spreaded thumb and middle finger tips | |
| 盏/盞 | zhǎn | ||
| 张/張 | zhāng | piece of paper, table, chair, mouth, bow, ... | 一张明信片 a postcard |
| 章 | zhāng | ||
| 丈 | zhàng | length unit, 10/3 metre for now | 万丈深渊 ten thousand zhang depth abyss |
| 帧/幀 | zhēn | piece of picture | 一帧油画 an oil painting |
| 支 | zhī | ||
| 只/隻 | zhī | animal, wing, ... | 一只老虎 a tiger |
| 枝 | zhī | ||
| 纸/紙 | zhǐ | ||
| 秩 | zhì | ||
| 钟/锺 | zhōng | ||
| 荮/葤 | zhòu | ware bundled with grass | 一荮盘子 a bundle of plates |
| 株 | zhū | ||
| 铢/銖 | zhū | ||
| 注 | zhù | ||
| 炷 | zhù | ||
| 转/轉 | zhuàn | ||
| zhuǎn | |||
| 庄/莊 | zhuāng | number of matters | |
| 桩/樁 | zhuāng | ||
| 幢 | zhuàng/chuáng | building | 一幢大楼 a large building |
| 锱/錙 | zī | ||
| 宗 | zōng | matter | 一宗诉讼 a lawsuit |
| 综/綜 | zōng | ||
| 组/組 | zǔ | ||
| 尊 | zūn | idol, cannon, cup of wine | 一尊大炮 a cannon |
| 座 | zuò | big and not movable thing | 一座山 a mountain |
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