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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 |