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副 (MW)

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fu(4)
A pair of things, e.g. glasses
一副眼镜

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片 (MW)

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pian(4)
A piece or slice。Also for a patch of green.
一片药，一片面包, 一片绿地

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条 (MW)

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Tiao(2）
Long (and sometimes winding). Also for information bulletins. And for fish!
一条裤子，一条鱼，一条路，一条领带
一条新闻,

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座 (MW)

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Zuo(4）
Large structure, mountain, bridges
一座城市，一座公寓楼，一座桥, 一座桥

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场 (MW)

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Chang(2)
Large event, including weather and sports, but also a victory (i.e. not the actual match, just the victory)
一场运动会，一场音乐会, 一场大雪

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对 (MW)

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Dui(4)
Pair, either of things or people. Similar to shuang, but dui emphasises complementarity (but independent functioning)
一对夫妻, 一对耳环

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家 (MW)

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Jia(1)
Business, including for e.g. radio station

一家商店，一家医院, 一家电台

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幅 (MW)

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Fu(2)
Painting or drawing (esp scrolls)
一幅画

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块 (MW)

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Kuai(4)
A rectangle, money
一块钱，一块面包（loaf)

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杯 (MW)

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Bei(1)
Things in cups
一杯茶，一杯葡萄酒

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所 (MW)

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Suo(3)
Institutions, mostly educational
一所学校

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顿 (MW)

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dun（4）
For meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner etc). Also, if people are being told off/scolded/dressed down
一顿饭，一顿早餐
妈妈说了我们一顿

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份 (MW)

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Fen(4)
Things of which you are getting a part/copy, especially newspapers
一份报纸
Also jobs and individual tasks

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件 (MW)

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Jian(4)
Certain items of clothing, and incident or matter
一件毛衣，一件事情

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道 (MW)

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Dao(4)
A dish or part of a meal
一道菜，一道名菜

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盘 (MW)

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Pan(2)
Plate
一盘水果

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碗 (MW)

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Wan(3)
Bowl. Specifically for cooked rice
一碗米饭

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辆 (MW)

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Liang(4)
Road vehicles
一辆汽车

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起 (MW)

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Qi（3）
for accidents, incidents etc
一起交通事故

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户 (MW)

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Hu(4)
Households
十户人家，一户家庭

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幢/栋 (MW)

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Zhuang / dong(4)
Tall buildings
一栋楼

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位 (MW)

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Wei (4)
Person. Normally formal
一位老师

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名 (MW)

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Ming (2)
A person, professional
一名外交官

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台 (MW)

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tai(2)
Machine. Normally larger size. Not mobile phone which is smaller and 一部手机。
一台电脑， 一台洗衣服

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把 (MW)
ba(3) Objects with a handle (e.g. knife, umbrella,fan), or of which you have a handful (e.g. flowers, violin,lock) 一把雨伞 一把刀 一把花 一把小提琴 一把锁
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张 (MW)
张（1) Tables, paper, flat objects. 一张床 一张画 一张纸
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列 (MW)
lie(4) Row, line, column etc. 一列火车
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次 (MW)
ci A time. E.g. last time, next time. Frequency. Including, e.g. a trip. 我记得上次。。。
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篇 (MW)
pian Essays and articles (published) 一篇文章
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架 (MW)
jia Things with frames - airplane, piano, camera, bookshelf. Can sometimes be interchanged with 台。 一架飞机
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段 (MW)
duan Section or period, space, time. 一段时间
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支 (MW)
zhi For rods and sticks, including individual flower stems, pens, guns, arrows and song compositions (!) as well as cigarettes And a dance! 跳一支舞 一支枪，一支烟
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棵 (MW)
ke For plants which are planted in the ground (i.e. not in pots), including trees 一棵植物, 一棵树
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盆 (MW)
pen For plants and flowers planted in a pot (盆 means pot) 一盆花
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项 （MW）
xiang For projects, works or items 一项工作
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眼 （MW）
yan For seeing something "I saw that one time" 他看都没看过我一眼。
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群 (MW)
qun For a group of people or animals 一群老人
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口 (MW)
kou For a family
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首 (MW)
shou For a song: 唱一首歌
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根 （MW）
gen For a cigarette or log of wood/piece of timber 一根木头
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盏 （MW）
zhan For a light, particularly road lights
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楼 (MW)
lou For a building (or alone for a floor)
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趟 (MW)
tang For a trip (round and back)
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双 （MW）
shuang For a pair. Similar to dui, but in the case of shuang it refers to two things which function together (i.e. you must have both!), e.g. chopsticks, eyes or shoes. If physically attached, however, a different MW will be used. 一双手，一双鞋，一双眼睛，一双筷子
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轮 （MW）
lun For something that is large and round or comes in rounds/is recurring, e.g. a negotiation, drinks etc 一轮谈话 经过一轮又一轮马拉松[ma la song]谈判[tan pan:negotiation]，英国与欧盟终于在2020年年末达成了一项xiang贸易协议mao yi xie yi[trade agreement]。
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套 （MW）
Tao (4) For a set of something, including rules and conventions 一套家具, 一套房子
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斤 （MW）
Jin (1) For something that comes in jin (c500g) weights. 一斤葡萄，一斤平果
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类 （MW）
Lei (4) For a kind or category of something 这类食物
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句 （MW）
Ju (4) For sentences or lines of verse 一句话
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种种 （MW）
Zhong zhong For various kinds of something 种种花
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代 （MW）
Dai (4) For a generation
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串 （MW）
Chuan (4) Literally means 'string', so for things that are threaded, e.g keys (on a keyring). Also used for skewer meat - 要肉串。 一串钥匙
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批
Pi A batch or group (it can be used for both animate and inanimate）。 Fairly direct translation from English 'batch'. 一批人 （implied group by some logic, unlike 一群人） 一批药
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款
Kuan（3） A model, e.g. a type of car or app. 一款汽车 ，一款苹果手机，一款应用
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阵
Zhen (4) A short spell of something, so used to classify events that happen in bursts - rain, wind etc. 一阵风 - a gust of wind
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艘
Sou (1) For ships and boats 一艘船
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头
Tou For cattle, elephants 一头牛
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顶
Ding For a hat 一顶帽子
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则 （MW）
Ze For a story or piece of news (short) 一则新闻，一则故事
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堵 （MW）
Du For a wall 一堵墙
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面 （MW）
Mian Also for a wall 一面墙
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颗 （MW）
Ke For small round objects like buttons, pearls, marble, chocolate buttons, beads etc, but also hearts 一颗珍珠, 一颗平常心 (a calm and common heart)
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届 （MW）
Jie For meetings, events etc, can be roughly translated as "session". So this session of a conference.
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笔 （MW）
Bi(3) For a sum of money, deals 一笔钱
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堆 （MW）
Dui(1) A heap, pile or stack (also metaphorical, for many piled on top of each other, one after another - a pile of sentences!) 一堆垃圾
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回
Hui Old/formal measure word for time. Hence 这是怎么回事？

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