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Measure Word Finder

In Chinese a number needs a measure word before the noun: 一本书 (a book), 一张纸 (a sheet of paper). Type a noun to find the right one.

Chinese, pinyin or English all work. Type a measure word (like 张) to see what it counts.

学校 xuéxiào · school HSK 1

一所学校

yì suǒ xuéxiào

所 suǒ — schools, hospitals and other institutions; houses

Say it

Use 两, not 二, before a measure word. 这 (this), 那 (that) and 几 (how many) need one too.

Real examples

  • 这所学校很先进,每个教室都装了多媒体。zhè suǒ xuéxiào hěn xiānjìn, měi ge jiàoshì dōu zhuāng le duōméitǐ.This school is very advanced, every classroom is equipped with multimedia.

Quick quiz

Ten nouns. Pick the measure word.

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Common nouns are checked by hand. Rarer ones use notes from the CC-CEDICT dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).