All Measure Words

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All Measure Words

Measure words (量詞量词 liàngcí) are essential in Mandarin for counting nouns and actions. Here is a complete list of measure words from HSK 1 to HSK 9.

Chinese Measure Words 101

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Foundation
Measure Words 1

本 běn, 個 gè个 gè, 家 jiā, 口 kǒu, 塊 kuài块 kuài, 件 jiàn, 隻 zhī只 zhī, 元 yuán, 杯 bēi

HSK 1
Measure Words 2

條 tiáo条 tiáo, 位 wèi, 間 jiān间 jiān, 名 míng, 包 bāo

HSK 2
Measure Words 3

把 bǎ, 雙 shuāng双 shuāng, 張 zhāng张 zhāng, 種 zhǒng种 zhǒng, 層 céng层 céng, 封 fēng, 頁 yè页 yè

HSK 3
Measure Words 4

輛 liàng辆 liàng, 節 jié节 jié, 所 suǒ, 班 bān, 段 duàn, 頭 tóu头 tóu, 句 jù

HSK 3
Measure Words 5

公斤 gōngjīn, 斤 jīn, 角 jiǎo, 毛 máo, 刻 kè, 米 mǐ, 碗 wǎn, 盤 pán盘 pán

HSK 3
Verbal Measure Word 1

口 kǒu, 回 huí, 遍 biàn, 聲 shēng声 shēng

HSK 3
Measure Words 6

打 dǎ, 袋 dài, 棵 kē, 台 tái, 幅 fú, 臉 liǎn脸 liǎn, 手 shǒu, 盒 hé, 屋子 wūzi, 桌子 zhuōzi

HSK 4
Verbal Measure Word 2

場 chǎng场 chǎng, 頓 dùn顿 dùn, 趟 tàng

HSK 4
Measure Words 7

冊 cè册 cè, 朵 duǒ, 屆 jiè届 jiè, 顆 kē颗 kē, 匹 pǐ, 行 háng, 架 jià, 群 qún

HSK 5
Measure Words 8

支 zhī, 根 gēn, 批 pī, 束 shù, 副 fù, 集 jí, 週 zhōu周 zhōu

HSK 5
Verbal Measure Word 3

眼 yǎn

HSK 5
Measure Words 9

串 chuàn, 滴 dī, 枝 zhī, 扇 shàn, 卷 juǎn

HSK 6
Verbal Measure Word 4

番 fān

HSK 6
Measure Words 10

重 chóng, 截 jié, 縷 lǚ缕 lǚ, 碼 mǎ码 mǎ, 枚 méi, 攤 tān摊 tān, 丸 wán, 則 zé则 zé, 幢 zhuàng, 宗 zōng

HSK 7-9
More Measure Words

通 tōng, 人次 réncì

HSK 7-9