There are many resources that offer a list of Measure Words, but I'm interested in finding a resource where I can type a word and get its Measure Word back.
Thank you very much in advance to anyone who knows about it.
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Sign up to join this community"measure word" is called "classifier" in days gone by. the most completed list that i know, is in "中西譯語妙法" (page 4 - 26); 43 classifiers, with 370+ examples. this book was printed in shanghai, in 1893. you may download it from internet archive (which was blocked in xxxxx nowadays; well, 😾 guess where?)
though this book talked about english and shanghai dialect, i think that most of these classifiers are valid and appropriate, in modern usage.
have fun :)
I'm sure there are other resources on the Web/etc., but the Pleco app on iOS (and other platforms I think) has a nice built-in dictionary that displays the measure word in the listing for each Chinese noun.
马 mǎ horse / CL: 匹 / horse or cavalry p...