- 个gè(classifier) general individual classifier for people and objects without a specific classifierHSK 1
- 把bǎ(classifier) for things with handles, or for handfuls and bunches; (preposition) marker that puts the object before the verb to emphasize what happens to itHSK 3
- 一个yī gèa; an; one (indefinite article or number one before a noun); the whole (used before time periods to emphasize the entire duration)HSK 7-9
- 点diǎn(noun) dot, point, drop; o'clock; (classifier) for small amounts or items; for abstract points (ideas, opinions)HSK 1
- 只zhǐ(classifier) used for one of a pair of animals, objects, or body parts; also for boats, certain containersHSK 1
- 次cì(classifier) time (used to count occurrences of an event); (adjective) next; secondHSK 2
- 两liǎng(numeral) two (used before measure words and units of time); (numeral, adjective) both (of two sides or symmetrical items)HSK 4
- 打dǎ(loanword, measure word) dozenHSK 7-9
- 回huí(verb) to return, to go back; (classifier) time (number of times); instanceHSK 1
- 些xiē(classifier) some, a few, several (used after 一, 这, 那, or alone to indicate an indefinite number)HSK 1
- 起qǐ(verb) to get up; to rise; (classifier) for groups of people; for incidentsHSK 3
- 所suǒ(classifier) for houses, buildings, institutions; (noun) place, location; (particle) used before a verb to form a relative clause or in the passive construction 被…所…HSK 5
- 件jiàn(classifier) for items of clothing, objects, and mattersHSK 1
- 位wèi(classifier, polite) for people; (classifier) for binary digits (bits)HSK 2
- 种zhǒng(classifier) for types, kinds, sortsHSK 3
- 条tiáo(classifier) used for long, thin objects (rivers, roads, trousers, fish, etc.); (noun) a strip; an item; an article; a clauseHSK 2
- 号hào(classifier) used with numbers to indicate order, dates, or quantity of people; (noun) size, especially of clothing or shoesHSK 1
- 头tóu(noun) head; (noun) chief, leader, boss; (classifier) for livestock (cows, pigs, etc.)HSK 2
- 岁suì(classifier) years of ageHSK 1
- 张zhāngto open up; to spread; (classifier) for flat objects such as paper, photos, and tables; (classifier) for votes or ballotsHSK 3
- 场chǎng(classifier) used for performances, sports matches, and other public events; (classifier) used for exams and testsHSK 4
- 本běn(classifier) used for books, periodicals, documents, etc.HSK 1
- 份fèn(classifier) for documents, newspapers, magazines, contracts, gifts, portions of food, etc.HSK 4
- 名míngname; (classifier) for people (formal count); place (in a competition or ranking)HSK 2
- 块kuài(classifier) for pieces or chunks of something (e.g., bread, meat, watermelon); (colloquial) for money, equivalent to 元 (yuan)HSK 1
- 队duì(noun) team, group, squad; (classifier) for groups or columns of people, animals, or vehicles in formationHSK 4
- 杯bēi(classifier) cup of (a drink); glass of; a — used for liquids served in cups or glassesHSK 7-9
- 段duàn(classifier) used for sections of time, text, road, or stages of a process; segment, paragraph, stretchHSK 3
- 辆liàng(classifier) used for vehiclesHSK 3
- 句jù(classifier) for sentences, lines of verse, or short phrasesHSK 3
- 间jiān(classifier) for rooms, offices, and other enclosed spaces; (noun) room; space; intervalHSK 2
- 首shǒu(classifier) for songs, poems, and pieces of musicHSK 4
- 分fēn(classifier) minute (unit of time); (classifier) cent (1/100 of a yuan); (classifier) point (in games, scores)HSK 1
- 部bù(classifier) for films, books, machines, etc.; (noun) department, ministry, sectionHSK 4
- 片piàn(noun) thin piece; slice; film; TV play; (classifier) for flat thin objects, slices, tablets, tracts of land; (classifier) used with 一 for a scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound, etc.HSK 4
- 集jí(noun) collection, anthology, collected works; (classifier) episode (of a TV series, etc.)HSK 5
- 遍biàn(classifier) for the number of times an action is performed fully from start to finish; 'time(s)'HSK 3
- 口kǒumouth (body part); (classifier) for counting people, domestic animals, etc. in a household; also for bites or mouthfulsHSK 1
- 面miàn(noun) face, side, surface; (classifier) for flat objects (mirrors, flags, drums, etc.)HSK 2
- 套tào(verb) to cover, to encase, to put on (a cover); (verb) to draw out (information) slyly; to trap; (classifier) used for sets, collections, or a suite of thingsHSK 5
- 线xiànthread; string; wire; line; (classifier) for rays, lines, or threads of something (e.g., hope, light); tier (in city ranking)HSK 6
- 道dào(noun) road, path; principle, morality; method, skill; the Dao (of Daoism); (classifier) for long thin things, barriers, courses of a meal, steps of a process, exam questions, etc.HSK 4
- 包bāo(verb) to wrap; to bundle; (noun) bag; package; (classifier) for packs, packets, bundlesHSK 2
- 组zǔ(noun) group, team; (verb) to form, to organize; (classifier) for sets, series, groups of people, batteriesHSK 4
- 台tái(noun) platform, stage, terrace; also station (e.g., 电视台, 气象台); (classifier) for machines, vehicles, electronic devices, etc.HSK 4
- 局júclassifier for games: match, set, round; office (in compounds such as 邮局 'post office'); situation (in compounds such as 局面 'situation, state of affairs')HSK 6
- 眼yǎneye; small hole; eye (of a needle); (classifier) for hollow objects such as wells, stoves, pots; also for a glanceHSK 5
- 根gēn(noun) root; basis; origin; (classifier) for long, slender objects such as sticks, cigarettes, ropesHSK 5
- 双shuāng(classifier) pair (for things that come in twos: shoes, socks, hands, etc.)HSK 3
- 支zhīclassifier for long, thin objects (pens, guns), army divisions, and songs/compositionsHSK 5
- 笔bǐwriting instrument (pen, pencil, brush); classifier for sums of money or dealsHSK 2
- 座zuò(classifier) for large immovable objects such as mountains, buildings, bridges, and towers; (noun) seat, base, standHSK 4
- 群qún(classifier) group, crowd, flock, herd (for people or animals gathered together); (noun) group, crowd, herd (a collective of people or animals)HSK 5
- 副fù(classifier) for pairs, sets, and facial expressions; (adjective) secondary, deputy, vice-, assistantHSK 5
- 轮lún(noun) wheel; disk; ring; steamship (in 轮船); (verb) to take turns; to rotate; (classifier) for rounds of events or round objects (disk, moon)HSK 6
- 封fēng(classifier) for letters, telegrams, and other sealed messages or documents; (verb) to seal, to close up (an envelope, a container)HSK 3
- 颗kē(classifier) for small roundish objects such as pearls, grains, teeth, hearts, stars, satellitesHSK 5
- 顿dùn(classifier) for meals; (classifier) for beatings, scoldings, or other actions considered as a bout; (verb) to pause; to stop brieflyHSK 4
- 样yàng(classifier) kind, type, varietyHSK 6
- 堆duī(verb) to pile up, to heap up; (noun) pile, heap, stack; (classifier) used for piles of thingsHSK 5