下一代 (xià yīdài) “the next generation”

一个钟头 (yīgè zhōngtóu) “one hour”

一个星期 (yīgè xīngqí) “one week”

一个礼拜 (yīgè lǐbài) “one week”

一个月 (yīgè yuè) “one month”

一个年代 (yīgè niándài) “one decade”

一个世纪 (yī gè shìjì) “one century”

A written sentence: 一个句子 (yīgè jùzi)

一首歌 (yī shǒu gē) “a song”

场 refers to a large public event. (Check the Events category.)

一则新闻(yī zé xīnwén) “a piece of news”

一则故事 (yī zé gùshì) “a story”

The character’s left side is the symbol for tooth.

一台电脑 (yī tái diànnǎo) “a computer”

一辆摩托车 (yī liàng mótuō chē) “a motorcycle”

The character’s left side is the symbol for car or cart.  In all cases it can be substituted with部.

一艘游艇 (yī sōu yóutǐng) “a yacht”

Ships can also be counted with 条 (tiao2), to emphasize their long slender shape.

一双鞋子 (yī shuāng xiézi) “pair of shoes”

一副刀叉 (yī fù dāo chā) “fork and knife”

一副眼镜 (yī fù yǎnjìng) “a pair of glasses”

一对情人 (yī duì qíngrén) “pair of lovers”

一群羊 (yī qún yáng) “a flock of sheep”

The character’s right side is the symbol for sheep.

一组数据 (yī zǔ shùjù) “a set of data)

一叠钱 ( yī dié qián) “a stack of money”

一份汉堡 (yī fèn hànbǎo) “a hamburger”

一口水 (yīkǒu shuǐ) “a sip of water”

一口面包 (yīkǒu miànbāo) “a byte of bread”

The character’s top part is the symbol for bamboo.

床 means “bed”.  The character shows the symbol for wood under a roof.

The left side of 幅 is the symbol for cloth.

The left side of 帧 is the symbol for cloth.

Photos can also be counted using张 (zhāng), which emphasizes their flat shape.

一件衬衫 (yī jiàn chènshān) “a shirt”

一套制服 (yī tào zhìfú) “a uniform”

This is also commonly used for articles of clothing.

节 refers to one episode of a series of continuing events (a course, a TV series, etc.).

Literally, 门 means “door”.

第一次世界大战 (dì yī cì shìjiè dàzhàn) “First World War”

一场战争 (yī chǎng zhànzhēng) “a war, a conflict”

一场架 (yī chǎng jià) “a fight”

场 means “field”.  As a measure word, it refers to large open-space events, whose cause can be either natural or man-made.

一段情事 (yī duàn qíng shì) “a love affair”

一阵风 (yī zhèn fēng) “a gust of wind”

下一番努力 (xià yī fān nǔlì) “expend a lot of effort”

去一趟日本 (qù yī tàng rìběn) “take a trip to Japan”

白费一趟 (báifèi yī tàng) “a wasted trip”

The character’s left side is the symbol for walking.

一间客厅 (yī jiān kètīng) “a guestroom”

一间卧房 (yī jiān wòfáng) “a bedroom”

一堵防火墙 (yī dǔ fánghuǒqiáng) “a firewall”

面 means “face”, and refers to one side or panel of a wall.

一所大学 (yī suǒ dàxué) “a university”

一场游戏 (yī chǎng yóuxì) “a game”

The character’s left side is the symbol for earth.

一家银行 (yī jiā yínháng) “a bank”

一家商店 (yī jiā shāngdiàn) “a store”

家 means “home”.  The character shows the picture of a pig under a roof.

一座水塔 (yīzuò shuǐtǎ) “a water tower”

座 means “a seat”.  As a measure word, it refers to the named object’s stable, stationary nature.  In addition to man-made structures, it can refer to large, protruding geographical formations:

一座山 (yīzuò shān) “a mountain”

一座岛 (yīzuò dǎo) “an island”

一 把钥匙 (yī bǎ yàoshi) “a bunch/ring of keys”

一把椅子 (yī bǎ yǐzi) “a chair (with a back-rest)”

The left side of the character is the symbol for hand.

一支蜡烛 (yī zhī làzhú) “a candle”

枝 means “branch'”.  The character’s left side is the symbol of a tree.

一条河 (yī tiáo hé) “a river”

一条法律 (yī tiáo fǎlǜ) “a law”

一条命 (yī tiáo mìng) “a life”

一根火柴 (yī gēn huǒchái) “a match”

一根吸管 (yī gēn xīguǎn) “a (drinking) straw”

根 means “root'”.  The character’s left side is the symbol of a tree.

一张桌子 (yī zhāng zhuōzi) “a table”

二十四张照片 (èrshísì zhāng zhàopiàn) “twenty-four photographs”

一团线 (yī tuán xiàn) “a pile of string”

一颗黄豆 (yī kē huángdòu) “a soybean”

一颗牙 (yī kē yá) “a tooth”

一颗苹果 (yī kē píngguǒ) “an apple”

一颗苹硬碟 (yī kē píng yìng dié) “a hard disk”

The character’s left side is the symbol for fruit.

一粒米 (yī lì mǐ) “a kernel of rice”

The character’s left side is the symbol for rice.

一扇窗 (yī shàn chuāng) “a window”

扇 means “fan”.

The character’s top part is the symbol for bamboo.

一本杂志 (yī běn zázhì) “a magazine”

Newspapers cannot be counted using 本, because they are not bound.  份 means simply “portion”.  You’ll see this one again in Foods & Drinks.

五个小孩 (wǔ gè xiǎohái) “five children”

The character actually contains the symbol for person, but this measure word is used not only for people, but any other thing that doesn’t have a more appropriate measure word (or it does but we cannot remember it).

一个东西 (yī gè dōngxī) “a thing”

举个例子 (jǔ gè lìzi) “give an example”

解决个问题 (jiějué gè wèntí) “resolve a problem”

一位女生 (yī wèi nǚshēng) “a woman”

一位男生 (yī wèi nánshēng) “a man”

三位老師 (sān wèi lǎoshī) “three teachers”

一名医生 (yī míng yīshēng) “a doctor”

三名律師 (sān míng lǜshī) “three lawyers”

When used as a measure word,名 can always be substituted with 位.

六口家眷 (liù kǒu jiājuàn) “six dependents”

一具尸体 (yījù shītǐ) “a corpse”

一只狗 (yī zhǐ gǒu) “a dog”

一只象 (yī zhǐ xiàng) “an elephant”

一头牛 (yī tóu niú) “a cow”

头 means “head”, you can think of it as “a head of cattle”

一条蛇 (yī tiáo shé) “a snake”

In contrast to the above measure words, 条 refers to the shape of the animal.  We will see条in the Size & Shape category.

The character’s left side is the symbol for “wood”