Measure words & quantities

Classifiers and quantity words for counting things.

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Word list: Measure words & quantities

Classifiers and quantity words for counting things. Below you'll find all 67 words in simplified characters (with the traditional form where it differs), with pinyin and the English meaning. Click 🔊 to listen to the pronunciation.

Chinese	Traditional	Pinyin	English	HSK
本		běn	measure word for books	HSK 1
个	個	ge	general measure word	HSK 1
些		xiē	some	HSK 1
一点儿	一點兒	yìdiǎnr	a bit	HSK 1
次		cì	nth	HSK 2
件		jiàn	(mw for things, clothes, and items)	HSK 2
每		měi	each	HSK 2
半		bàn	half	HSK 3
层	層	céng	(mw for layers, floors of buildings)	HSK 3
段		duàn	paragraph	HSK 3
公斤		gōngjīn	kilogram	HSK 3
辆	輛	liàng	(mw for vehicles)	HSK 3
双	雙	shuāng	two	HSK 3
条	條	tiáo	strip	HSK 3
位		wèi	position	HSK 3
张	張	zhāng	to spread out	HSK 3
种	種	zhǒng	type	HSK 3
遍		biàn	a time	HSK 4
场	場	chǎng	courtyard	HSK 4
份		fèn	part	HSK 4
棵		kē	(mw for plants)	HSK 4
篇		piān	sheet	HSK 4
全部		quánbù	whole	HSK 4
数量	數量	shùliàng	amount	HSK 4
所有		suǒyǒu	all	HSK 4
台		tái	platform	HSK 4
趟		tàng, tāng	to wade	HSK 4
许多	許多	xǔduō	many	HSK 4
页	頁	yè	page	HSK 4
左右		zuǒyòu	about	HSK 4
座		zuò	seat	HSK 4
册	冊	cè	book	HSK 5
吨	噸	dūn	ton	HSK 5
顿	頓	dùn	pause	HSK 5
朵		duǒ	(mw for flowers and clouds)	HSK 5
幅		fú	width of cloth	HSK 5
根		gēn	root	HSK 5
届	屆	jiè	arrive at	HSK 5
颗	顆	kē	(mw for hearts and small, round things like seeds…	HSK 5
克		kè	gram	HSK 5
厘米		límǐ	centimeter	HSK 5
匹		pǐ	ordinary person	HSK 5
片		piàn, piān	a slice	HSK 5
平方		píngfāng	square	HSK 5
群		qún	crowd	HSK 5
首		shǒu	head	HSK 5
所		suǒ	place	HSK 5
套		tào	cover	HSK 5
团	團	tuán	round	HSK 5
项	項	xiàng	nape	HSK 5
阵	陣	zhèn	short period	HSK 5
支		zhī	branch	HSK 5
组	組	zǔ	compose	HSK 5
磅		bàng	pound	HSK 6
栋	棟	dòng	roof beam	HSK 6
番		fān	foreign	HSK 6
分量		fènliàng	weight	HSK 6
幅度		fúdù	width	HSK 6
副		fù	vice-	HSK 6
毫米		háomǐ	millimeter	HSK 6
间隔	間隔	jiàngé	interval	HSK 6
立方		lìfāng	cube	HSK 6
粒		lì	a grain	HSK 6
枚		méi	(mw for coins, rings, medals)	HSK 6
若干	若幹	ruògān	a certain number or amount	HSK 6
艘		sōu	(mw for boats and ships)	HSK 6
幢		zhuàng	tent	HSK 6

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