名 排 盘 (盤) 批 匹 篇 片 wall with roof, shield) míng high-ranking (mingpersons ) (doctors, lawyers, politicians, royalty, etc.), members; in formal language, can also be used for any type of person (not necessarily high-ranking) pái \(pai) \— objects grouped in rows pán flat objects (pan) or reels (video or audio cassette, small plate, coil of incense) pī (pi) people, goods, etc. pǐ (pi) horses and other mounts; rolls/bolts of cloth piān writings (pian) piàn \— (pian) thin, flat, sometimes party member 党员, university professor 大学教师 chairs, seats 椅子, tables 桌子, lines of people 人 horse 马, wolf paper 论文, article 文章, essay, report card, lip 嘴唇, cloud, beach, gum 口irregular objects 香糖, a slice of bread 一片面包, slice of meat, cracker, cheese, slice of watermelon, leaf 叶子, flower petal, field 麦田, lake, a pill (tablet of medicine) 一片药片, DVD 瓶 píng \(ping) alcohol 酒, water 水, oil 油, beer 啤酒, drink 饮料, wine, soda 汽水, milk 牛奶, shampoo 洗头水, Pepsi 百事可乐 期 群 qī (qi) magazines qún (qun) \(incl. people), \\\\ people 一群人, a herd of cattle/elephants/horses/swans 一群牛、象、马、天鹅, a flock of birds/geese/hens/goats/swallows/sheep/chickens 一群鸟, a pack of hounds/wolves/grouse 一群猎狗, a skulk of foxes 一群狐狸, a pride of lions 一群狮子, a cluster of stars 一群星星, a school/shoal of fish/shrimps 一群鱼, a stud/drove of horses 一群马, a gaggle/flock of geese 一群鹅, a swarm of mosquitoes/butterflies 一群蚊子／蝴蝶, a colony of ants/bees 一群（窝）蚂蚁, a clump/complex of buildings 一群建筑物 任 扇 rèn (ren) shàn (shan) terms of office things that open and close on hinges shǒu things with (shou) verses shù bunches of (shu) shuānpair of g objects (shuawhich ng) naturally come in pairs sōu ships (sou) suǒ small (suo) buildings, institutions tái (tai) second president 第二任总统, terms window 窗, door 门 首 束 双 (雙) musical song 歌, poem 诗歌 flowers 花 chopsticks 筷子, shoes 鞋, gloves 手套, eyes 艘 所 a ship 一艘船 university 大学, detached house 房子 台 堂 趟 heavy TV 电视, computer 电脑, piano, objects, especially appliance, airplane 飞机, train 火车, machines; performancecar 车, elevator 电梯; theater s performance, play táng periods of I have two classes today, lesson 课, (tang) classes, suites of lecture furniture tàng trips, (tang) scheduled transportation services 套 tào (tao) \books, magazines, collectibles, clothes, multiple-room houses/apartments, suites, stamps 邮票, furniture 家具, rooms 房间, a suit 一套西装 题 (題) 条 (條) tí (ti) classifier for questions long, narrow, flexible objects tiáo (tiao) fish 鱼, snake 蛇, dragon 龙, worm, dog 狗, scarf, road 路, ribbon, river 河, root, stem 线, rope, comforter, towel, floss, trousers/pants 裤子, necktie 领带, skirt 裙子, sofa/bench, heroic person 一条好汉, a (smaller) boat 一条船 帖 通 桶 tiè (tie) t?ng (tong) tǒng (tong) tóu (tou) adhesive bandages conversation , lecture jug, bucket, jug of milk 一桶牛奶, barrel of oil 一barrel 桶石油 头 (頭) 团 (團) 碗 \— pig 猪, cow 牛, oxen, yak, sheep, certain animals; donkey, mule, leopard, dinosaur; hair hair tuán \— (tuan) rotund and wound objects (balls of yarn, etc.) wǎn \rice 饭, noodles 面, soup 汤 (wan)