| 个 | gè | people or objects |
| 块 | kuài | pieces of cloth, cake, soap, etc.; money and currency units (colloquial) |
| 只 | zhī | birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, boats, etc. |
| 本 | běn | books, parts of a serial, etc. |
| 辆 | liàng | vehicles |
| 瓶 | píng | quantity contained in a bottle, vase, jar or flask |
| 杯 | bēi | certain containers of liquids: glass, cup |
| 双 | shuāng | pairs (of shoes, socks, chopsticks, etc.) |
| 件 | jiàn | clothes, events, things, etc. |
| 张 | zhāng | flat objects and sheets (bed, desk, paper, etc.); certain body parts (face, mouth) |
| 碗 | wǎn | measurement of food and drink (bowl) |
| 种 | zhǒng | types, kinds, sorts |
| 匹 | pǐ | horses, mules; bolts of cloth |
| 头 | tóu | certain domestic animals (cattles, mules, pigs, etc.); garlic |
| 条 | tiáo | long, narrow or thin objects (ribbon, river, road, trousers, etc.) |
| 位 | wèi | people (courteous) |
| 项 | xiàng | itemized things (clauses, tasks, research projects, etc.) |
| 名 | míng | people |
| 些 | xiē | a small amount or small number (greater than one) |
| 家 | jiā | families or business establishments |
| 点(儿) | diǎn('er) | a little; a bit; some |
| 场 | cháng | recreational, sports or other activities |
| 句 | jù | sentences |
| 段 | duàn | stories, periods of time, lengths of thread, etc. (a section, segment or part) |
| 分 | fèn | spoken form of fractions and percentages; minutes; various units of measure |
| 处 | chù | places, occurrences or activities in different places; items of damage (spot, point) |
| 片 | piàn | slices, tablets, tracts of land, areas of water; CDs, movies, DVDs; scenes, feelings, atmospheres, etc. |
| 套 | tào | books, furniture, rooms, methods, remarks (a set, suit or suite) |
| 座 | zuò | mountains, buildings and other immovable objects |
| 部 | bù | works of literature, films, machines, etc. |
| 则 | zé | written items |
| 层 | céng | layers, stratums (a storey, a floor) |
| 样 | yàng | kind, type |
| 群 | qún | people or animals (a group, herd, flock or pack) |
| 届 | jiè | events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation) |
| 支 | zhī | long, thin, inflexible objects (pens, guns); rods; army divisions; songs or compositions |
| 批 | pī | batches, lots, groups |
| 篇 | piān | paper, book leaves, written items, articles, etc. (sheet, leaf, piece) |
| 番 | fān | actions, deeds; occurances (of an event, action or speech utterance); situations (kind, sort) |
| 股 | gǔ | smells, smoke, etc. (puff, whiff); sudden, forceful actions; long winding things (ropes, rivers); bands of people |
| 首 | shǒu | songs and poems |
| 声 | shēng | sounds |
| 颗 | kē | roundish objects (small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites, etc.) |
| 组 | zǔ | sets, series, groups of people, batteries |
| 盏 | zhǎn | lamps |
| 口 | kǒu | things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells, etc.) |
| 把 | bǎ | objects with handles; small objects (a handful); certain abstract concepts |
| 间 | jiān | rooms; sections of rooms |
| 笔 | bǐ | sums of money, financial accounts, debts, deals, etc. |
| 所 | suǒ | houses, small buildings, institutions, etc. (schools, hospitals, etc.) |
| 对 | duì | pair, couple |
| 根 | gēn | long, thin objects (cigarettes, guitar strings, etc.) |
| 幅 | fú | textiles or pictures |
| 出 | chū | dramas, plays, operas, etc. |
| 道 | dào | long, narrow objects; doors, walls; orders, questions; courses in a meal, stages in a procedure, etc. |
| 拨 | bō | people (group; batch) |
| 队 | duì | files, lines or rows |
| 堆 | duī | heaps or piles; crowds |
| 阵 | zhèn | events or states of short duration |
| 面 | miàn | flat things or surfaces (drums, mirrors, flags); the number of times people meet each other |
| 台 | tái | machinery, apparatus, instruments, etc.; a complete stage performance |
| 局 | jú | games (match, set, round, etc.) |
| 棵 | kē | plants |
| 盒 | hé | small box, case |
| 户 | hù | households or families |
| 栋 | dòng | houses or buildings |
| 节 | jié | segments (lessons, train wagons, biblical verses, etc.) |
| 封 | fēng | sealed objects (letters or other things in envelopes) |
| 班 | bān | a group of people; a trip by bus, boat, etc. |
| 盘 | pán | food (dish, helping); coils of wire; games of chess |
| 副 | fù | pairs, sets of things and facial expressions |
| 趟 | tàng | times, round trips or rows |
| 款 | kuǎn | versions or models (of a product) |
| 团 | tuán | lumps or soft masses (wad of paper, ball of wool, cloud or smoke) |
| 束 | shù | bunches, bundles, beams of light, etc. |
| 门 | mén | subjects of study or fields of technical training |
| 架 | jià | machines, airplanes and instrument which rest on a tripod or stand |
| 顿 | dùn | meals, beatings, scoldings, etc. (time, bout, spell, meal) |
| 堵 | dǔ | walls |
| 壶 | hú | bottled liquid (kettle, pot, bottle, flask) |
| 朵 | duǒ | flowers and clouds |
| 排 | pái | lines, rows |
| 份 | fèn | shares, parts or portions (of a whole); copies (of documents, newspapers, periodicals, etc.) |
| 具 | jù | devices, coffins or dead bodies |
| 包 | bāo | packages, bundles or sacks |
| 罐 | guàn | jars, pots or tins |
| 粒 | lì | grainlike things; small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains, etc.) |
| 卷 | juàn | small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel, spool, etc.) |
| 堂 | táng | classes, lectures, etc.; sets of furniture |
| 起 | qǐ | occurrences or unpredictable events (case, instance); groups (batch, group) |
| 枝 | zhī | flowers with stems intact; sticks, rods, pencils, etc. |
| 株 | zhū | plants and small trees; seedlings |
| 轮 | lún | big round objects (disk, sun, moon); recurring events (round, turn) |
| 桌 | zhuō | tables of guests at a banquet; table; tableful |
| 桶 | tǒng | buckets, pails, cans, barrels, tubs, kegs |
| 滴 | dī | drops |
| 串 | chuàn | a string of things (string, bunch, cluster) |
