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 communityThere 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.
"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...