The HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists 44 words as
measure word. Each is listed under the HSK level whose grammar introduces it, which is
sometimes lower than the level of the word itself.
All grammar words · tone adverb (53) · measure word (44) · time adverb (43) · clause connector (33) · degree adverb (31) · demonstrative (26) · direction noun (24) · scope adverb (20) · frequency adverb (18) · personal pronoun (17) · preposition: target (15) · manner adverb (14) · question word (14) · separable verb (13) · attitude adverb (11) · conjunction (11) · modal verb (11) · preposition: basis (11) · sentence-final particle (11) · verbal measure word (11) · linking adverb (7) · negation (7) · preposition: time, place (7) · preposition: agent, object (6) · preposition: direction (5) · structural particle (5) · particle (4) · preposition: purpose, cause (4) · time measure word (4) · aspect particle (3) · numeral (3) · interjection (2) · preposition: exclusion (2) · preposition: time (1)
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HSK 1
| Word | Pinyin | Role | Meaning |
|---|
| 口 | kǒu | measure word; verbal measure word | mouth; classifier for people, animals, and objects with openings |
| 本 | běn | measure word; demonstrative | this; the current; original; inherent; root; stem; origin; source; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc. |
| 个 | gè | measure word | general classifier for nouns; individual |
| 块 | kuài | measure word | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of material objects |
| 家 | jiā | measure word | home, family; suffix for an expert/specialist; philosophical school |
| 杯 | bēi | measure word | cup; trophy cup; classifier for containers of liquid: glass, cup |
| 间 | jiān | measure word | spatial/temporal: between, among, within a definite time or space; room, section of a room; classifier for rooms |
| 页 | yè | measure word | page; leaf |
HSK 2
| Word | Pinyin | Role | Meaning |
|---|
| 只 | zhǐ | scope adverb; measure word | only, merely, just |
| 件 | jiàn | measure word | item; classifier for events, clothes, or matters |
| 位 | wèi | measure word | position; location; place |
| 封 | fēng | measure word | to seal; classifier for letters; to confer; to grant; to bestow a title |
| 层 | céng | measure word | layer; stratum; classifier for layers |
| 条 | tiáo | measure word | classifier for long thin things; strip; item |
HSK 3
| Word | Pinyin | Role | Meaning |
|---|
| 把 | bǎ | measure word; preposition: agent, object | to hold, to grasp, handle; classifier for handfuls, bundles, or things with handles |
| 双 | shuāng | measure word | two; double; pair |
| 台 | tái | measure word | infrastructure; platform; stage |
| 张 | zhāng | measure word | classifier for flat objects, sheet of paper; to open up, to spread |
| 支 | zhī | measure word | to support, to erect, to raise; branch, division; to draw money |
| 束 | shù | measure word | bind or control; to bind; to control |
| 架 | jià | measure word | noun; rack; frame |
| 种 | zhǒng | measure word | kind, type, species, classifier for types; seed |
| 群 | qún | measure word | group; crowd; flock, herd, or pack |
| 行 | xíng | measure word | walk or go; ok or capable; conduct or behavior |
HSK 4
| Word | Pinyin | Role | Meaning |
|---|
| 卷 | juàn | measure word | scroll, roll, volume, chapter; examination paper; classifier for books/paintings (volume, scroll) |
| 打 | dǎ | measure word | to beat; to strike; to hit |
| 批 | pī | measure word | to criticize; to act on; to pass on |
| 根 | gēn | measure word | root; basis; long slender objects |
| 棵 | kē | measure word | classifier for trees, plants, or cabbages |
| 袋 | dài | measure word | bag; pouch; sack; pocket |
HSK 5
| Word | Pinyin | Role | Meaning |
|---|
| 册 | cè | measure word | book, booklet, classifier for books |
| 匹 | pǐ | measure word | classifier; classifier for horses or mules; classifier for cloth bolts |
| 届 | jiè | measure word | classifier for events or meetings; period (of time); to arrive at (time or place) |
| 幅 | fú | measure word | classifier for textiles or pictures; width; roll |
| 扇 | shàn | measure word | object; fan; sliding or hinged flat part |
| 朵 | duǒ | measure word | flower; earlobe; classifier for flowers or clouds |
| 颗 | kē | measure word | classifier for small spheres (pearls, grains, teeth, etc.) |
HSK 6
| Word | Pinyin | Role | Meaning |
|---|
| 串 | chuàn | measure word | to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; to move across; noun/classifier: string; bunch; skewer; a series of |
| 副 | fù | measure word | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; classifier for pairs, sets, and facial expressions |
| 枝 | zhī | measure word | branch; for thin objects like sticks or pens |
| 滴 | dī | measure word | a drop; to drip |
| 股 | gǔ | measure word | part or portion of a whole, share, strand of thread, section or department; thigh; classifier for winding things (ropes, rivers), for smells/puffs, for gangs, for sudden forceful actions |
| 集 | jí | measure word | to gather; to collect; collected works; episode (classifier for TV series) |
| 餐 | cān | measure word | meal, classifier for meals; to eat |
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