List of Chinese classifiers


In the tables, the first and second columns contain the Chinese character representing the classifier, in traditional and simplified versions when they differ. The third column gives the pronunciation in Standard Chinese, using pinyin; the fourth gives the Cantonese pronunciation, using Yale romanization; and the fifth the Minnan pronunciation. The last column explains the classifier's principal uses ; quotation marks surround its literal meaning.

Nominal classifiers

Classifiers proper

Measure words/massifiers

Measurement units

Verbal classifiers

See Chinese classifier → Verbal classifiers.