Chinese Vocabulary: Measure Words

Chinese Vocabulary	Characters	Pinyin

generic	个	gè

flat things (paper)	张	zhāng

books	本	běn

glasses or cups	杯	bēi

bottles	瓶	píng

clothing, presents or problems	件	jiàn

families or business	家	jiā

animals	只	zhī

vehicles with wheels	辆	liàng

A pair of (something)	双	shuāng



Vocabulary	Characters	Pinyin

gram	克	kè

milligram	毫克	háo kè

kilogram	公斤	gōng jīn

ton	吨	dūn

length	长	cháng

metre	米	mǐ

centimetre	厘米	lí mǐ

kilometre	公里	gōng lǐ

litre	升	shēng

hectare	公顷	gōng qǐng