I know that you can use 盒 to suggest that there is a collection of the following noun, such as 一盒麻将牌 (a box of mahjong tiles) and I was wondering which other classifiers I can use for a similar effect, for instance a bouquet of flowers or something.
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2束：see iciba：bouquet of flowers：束鲜花； 束花； 束兰花：捧花– user6065Nov 27, 2014 at 19:00
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Thanks. :) Bouquet was just an example though, I'm curious if there are more.– FrisoNov 27, 2014 at 19:05
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1Measure/count words in Chinese are like preposition/conjunction words in English - there's a lot of them and usage is largely idiomatic.– NS.X.Nov 27, 2014 at 20:33
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1I haven't been able to find a complete list of classifiers, but this might help you: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chinese_classifiers -- it's only a list of common ones, not a full list.– MingNov 28, 2014 at 1:08
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A few classifiers:
- 束 shù: bundle, bouquet; 一束花
- 袋 dài: bag
- 包 bāo: package; 一包烟
- 副 fù: set
- 套 tào: set
- 堆 duī: pile
- 坨 tuó: lump
- 群 qún: group
- 组 zǔ: group, set, lineage
- 碗 wǎn: bowl
- 罐 guàn: can, jug, bottle
- 壶 hú: pot
- 家 jiā: certain group of people
- 管 guǎn: tube
- 类 lèi: collection of objects
- 笔 bǐ: sum of money; 一笔钱
- 团 tuán: ball, spherical collection
- 股 gǔ: gaseous or liquid flow