Thursday, 19 March 2009

Chinese measure words

link to wikipedia entry.
link to a very nice collection of the most relevant measure words.

minute/fen/
quarter/ke/

本 ben3   book, magazine

遍 bian4  

条 tiao2  streets, rivers, scarfs, snakes, ...

座 zuo4  bridges, moutain, ...

楼  lou2

张 zhang1  map, table, bed, other flat, rectangular objects
 
瓶 ping2

枝 zhi1

件 jian4

双 shuang1  chopsticks, items that necessarily come in pair

辆 liang4  car, bicycle, wheeled vehicles

家  jia1

部 bu4

杯  bei1

束 shu4

所 suo3

封 feng1

片 pian4

碗 wan3

口 kou3

节 jie2

路 lu4

把 ba3 handful - long and flat objects that can be held (knife dao , scissors jiandao, keys yaoshi)

包 bao1 package - (package cigarettes , cookies)

杯 bei1 cup - (cup water 杯水, tea 杯茶, coffee 杯咖啡) 

床 chuang2 set (set of blankets chuang maotan 床毛毯, sheets chuang dan 床单)

次 ci4 time - (twice a week mei xinqi liang ci 每星期量词)

袋 dai bag - (a bag flour)

朵 duo1 flowers

封 feng1 (letter)

幅 fu2 (piece of art)

位 wei4 (persons)

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