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This list was mostly derived from the CEDICT database, plus a couple of printed dictionaries and Liz Scurfield's Chinese textbook. There are probably many words missing still, some of these may well be wrong, and I have no idea how often they're actually used. The intention is more to provide a quick reference for Chinese characters that are "obviously" measure-words, than to assist in learning the correct measure-word for any given noun.
| Word | Pronunciation | Used of |
| 口 | kou3 | population, mouthsful, wells |
| 分 | fen1 | length, area, weight, money, time |
| 匹 | pi3 | horses, mules, bolts of cloth |
| 支 | zhi1 | stick-like objects, military contingents, songs, wattage |
| 冊 | ce4 | books |
| 出 | chu1 | dramas, plays, or operas |
| 包 | bao1 | packets, wrapped things |
| 句 | ju4 | poems, sentences, lines of verse |
| 本 | ben3 | books, files |
| 件 | jian4 | articles, items etc |
| 份 | fen4 | gifts, copies of a newspaper |
| 名 | ming2 | persons |
| 回 | hui2 | matters, actions, chapters |
| 次 | ci4 | occurrences, times |
| 米 | mi3 | metres |
| 串 | chuan4 | string, bunches, clusters |
| 位 | wei4 | persons (courteous) |
| 局 | ju2 | games, sets, innings |
| 床 | chuang2 | bedding |
| 把 | ba3 | handfuls, things with handles, and some abstract things |
| 批 | pi1 | batches, lots |
| 束 | shu4 | bundles, bunches |
| 身 | shen1 | clothing, suits |
| 些 | xie1 | indefinite or small amounts |
| 具 | ju4 | tools, corpses |
| 刻 | ke4 | quarters of an hour |
| 枝 | zhi1 | slender or stick-like objects |
| 杯 | bei1 | cups |
| 泡 | pao1 | urine, faeces |
| 股 | gu3 | string-shaped things, air, fragrance, strength, groups of people (derog.), electric current |
| 封 | feng1 | letters |
| 挂 | gua4 | string-shaped things, strings of things |
| 架 | jia4 | aeroplanes, radios |
| 秒 | miao3 | seconds (of time) |
| 首 | shou3 | poems, songs |
| 倆 | lia3 | two (colloquial) |
| 個 | ge4 | people, non-specific other items |
| 套 | tao4 | sets of things, series, suites |
| 座 | zuo4 | mountains, bridges |
| 扇 | shan4 | doors, windows |
| 株 | zhu1 | plants, trees |
| 班 | ban1 | crowds, classes, scheduled transport vehicles |
| 紙 | zhi3 | pieces or sheets, paper |
| 隻 | zhi1 | birds, some animals, some utensils, one of a pair of things |
| 副 | fu4 | sets of things, facial expressions, sunglasses |
| 張 | zhang1 | flat objects |
| 捲 | juan3 | rolls, spools, reels |
| 條 | tiao2 | long, narrow things |
| 瓶 | ping2 | bottles |
| 部 | bu4 | works of literature, films, machines |
| 頂 | ding3 | hats, sedan chairs |
| 場 | chang3 | games or performances |
| 壺 | hu2 | pots |
| 棵 | ke1 | trees, cabbages |
| 番 | fan1 | kinds |
| 間 | jian1 | rooms |
| 塊 | kuai1 | chunks, lumps |
| 塊 | kuai4 | cloth, cake, soap |
| 歲 | sui4 | years of age |
| 群 | qun2 | swarms, flocks |
| 道 | dao4 | rivers, topics |
| 臺 | tai2 | performances, engines |
| 層 | ceng2 | layers, floors |
| 盤 | pan2 | dishes of food, coils of wire |
| 磅 | bang4 | pounds, printer's points |
| 篇 | pian1 | articles, chapters |
| 課 | ke4 | lessons |
| 輛 | liang4 | vehicles |
| 簇 | cu4 | bunches, clusters |
| 聲 | sheng1 | sounds |
| 顆 | ke1 | small spheres |
| 點 | dian3 | small amounts, hours, items or matters, printer's points |
| 響 | xiang3 | sound |