Identifier Classifiers Flashcards
for generations
辈
bèi
for books
本
běn
for large quantities of money
笔
bǐ
for movies and novels
部
bù
for public spectacles (competition)
场
chǎng
For a time, an experience
次
cì
For linear projections (light rays), dishes (in a meal)
道
dào
For ideas or suggestions
点
diǎn
For objects with a protruding top (hat)
顶
dǐng
For buildings
栋
dòng
For passages (scriptures), roadways
段
duàn
For a couple (husband and wife)
对
duì
for meals
顿
dùn
For copies, newspapers, contracts
份
fèn
For letters and mail
封
fēng
For works of art
幅
fú
For objects that come in pairs (gloves), spectacles (eyeglasses)
副
fù
General classifier for individual objects
个
gè
For thin, slender objects (cigarette, banana)
根
gēn
For things that come in tubes (toothpaste)
管
guǎn
For a gathering of people (families), restaurants, hotels, businesses
家
jiā
For rooms
间
jiān
For matters or affairs, for clothing
件
jiàn
For a section of something (verse), a class period, batteries
节
jié
For things in a roll (scroll, film, etc.)
卷
juǎn
For trees
棵
kē
For small objects (teeth, diamonds, stars)
颗
kē
For people in a village, family members
口
kǒu
For objects of the same type or category
类
lèi
For wheeled vehicles (car, bicycle, etc.)
辆
liàng
For trains
列
liè
For completions, discussions
轮
lùn
For things pertaining to academics (course)
门
mén
For flat and smooth objects (mirror, flag, etc)
面
miàn
For objects grouped in rows (a row of chairs)
排
pái
For a large amount of people
批
pī
For horses, for a bolt of fabric
匹
pǐ
For written works (articles, papers)
篇
piān
For flat objects (cards), slices
片
piàn
For a group of people or a herd of animals
群
qún
For doors and windows
扇
shàn
For songs, poems, music
首
shǒu
For ships and boats
艘
sōu
For buildings whose purpose is specific (hospital, church, etc)
所
suǒ
For electrical equipment (TV, computer), machines, cars
台
tái
For classes
堂
táng
For long, narrow objects (pants, roads, rivers, fish), and for commandments
条
tiáo
Polite classifier for people
位
wèi
For items, projects, commandments
项
xiàng
General classifier for “some” (can be used for “these” and “those”)
些
xiē
For general items of differing attributes
样
yàng
For light fixtures (lamps)
盏
zhǎn
For large, flat objects (paper, tables, paintings, tickets, etc.)
张
zhāng
For long, stick-like objects (pens, individual chopstick)
枝
zhī
For hands, legs, and for animals
只
zhī
For types or kinds of an object (this type of experience)
种
zhǒng
For large structures, buildings, mountains
座
zuò
For objects that can be held (knives, scissors, keys), chairs
把
bǎ