Mandarin · Chapter 12 · Lesson 20 · Measure words
Measure words: cupfuls and things you grip
杯 for what fills a cup, 把 for what fills a hand. A round of matching in both directions, over every pairing your first thousand words can feed.
Measure-word drill
Match the noun to its measure word
Three round shapes, mixed: pick a noun's measure word, pick a measure word's job, and pick the word that does a job. Tap the right chip - no typing, ever. Miss one and it comes back round before the end.
Why measure words exist, the core dozen, and the nouns people actually argue about - the classifiers article has the whole picture.
Read the classifiers articleThe measure words
个gègeneral measure word for people and things
件jiàn(measure word for items, matters, clothing)
位wèipolite measure word for people, place, position, seat
份fènportion, copy (measure word)
家jiāhome, family, household
只zhīonly, just; (measure word for animals)
张zhāng(measure word for flat objects), to open, to spread, a surname- 条tiáo(measure word for long thin things), strip, item
- 杯bēicup, glass; a cup of, a glass of
把bǎto take, handle; disposal marker
本běnmeasure word for books; originally, this