个 is the general measure word and the one you will hear most. It works for people, places, questions, ideas and many objects, and in casual speech it often stands in for a more specific measure word. When you are not sure which one a noun takes, 个 is usually understood. In speech it is often unstressed: ge.
- 一个人a person
- 两个问题two questions
- 这个地方this place
609 nouns that take 个
Most common first人person; people可能might (happen); possible东西thing; stuff问题question; problem开始to begin; beginning年year工作to work; (of a machine) to operate家home; family希望to hope; a hope; a wish朋友friend妈妈mama; mommy地方area; place爸爸(coll.) father; dad所place; measure word for houses, institutions etc意思meaning; idea; opinion医生doctor名字name (of a person or thing)父亲father月moon; month号ordinal number; day of a month世界world小时hour男人a man; a male头head; hair style机会opportunity; chance情况circumstances; state of affairs; situation关系relation; relationship女士lady; madam决定to decide (to do something); to resolve根本fundamental; basic晚上evening; night计划plan; project心heart; mind门gate; door兄弟brothers; younger brother嘴mouth; beak小姐young lady; miss队squadron; team办法means; method原因cause; origin保证guarantee; to guarantee打算to plan; to intend房间room球ball; sphere结果outcome; result妻子wife行动operation; action调查investigation; inquiry约会appointment; engagement节目program; item (on a program)母亲mother主意plan; idea解释explanation; to explain证明proof; certificate生命life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature国家country; nation; state总统president (of a country)声音voice; sound部分part; share脸face事实fact家庭family; household秘密secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret早上early morning任务mission; assignment; task; duty; role男孩boy方式way; manner; style; mode; pattern性nature; character记录to record; record (written account)太太married woman; Mrs.方法method; way; means能力capability; ability目标target; goal精神spirit; mind梦dream; (bound form) to dream系统system礼物gift; present错误mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake兴趣interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby报告to inform; to report经历experience; to experience老师teacher小孩child支持to be in favor of; to support星期week; day of the week建议to propose; to suggest; to recommend; proposal; suggestion; recommendation生日birthday姑娘girl; young woman包to cover; to wrap哥哥older brother手术(surgical) operation; surgery痛苦pain; suffering代表representative; delegate意义sense; meaning理由reason; grounds政府government新闻news未来future; tomorrow病人sick person; patient边side; edge弟弟younger brother组织to organize; organization老板boss; business proprietor妹妹younger sister; young woman位置position; place区area; region命令order; command号码number座seat; base法律law训练to train; to drill方面respect; aspect银行bank说明to explain; to illustrate岛island下午afternoon; p.m.动作movement; motion; action; to act; to move根据according to; based on答案answer; solution活动to exercise; to move about人员staff; crew英雄hero事件event; happening通知to notify; to inform邀请to invite; invitation姐姐older sister动物animal反应to react; to respond蛋egg; oval-shaped thing意外unexpected; accident字letter; symbol责任responsibility; blame叔叔father's younger brother; uncle城city walls; city脑子brains; mind时刻time; juncture单bill; list俱乐部club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)经过to pass; to go through关键crucial point; crux班team; class; grade; (military) squad习惯habit; custom不幸misfortune; adversity资料material; resources圈circle; ring; loop; classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc脑袋head; skull方向direction; orientation牌mahjong tile; playing card教练instructor; sports coach敌人enemy瓶bottle; vase蛋糕cake地址address状态condition; state; state of affairs队伍ranks; troops教授professor; to instruct同志comrade; (slang) homosexual军队armed forces; troops状况condition; state; situation目的purpose; aim; goal; target; objective心脏heart社会society邻居neighbor; next door项目item; project海ocean; sea胜利victory官government official; governmental地点place; site经理manager; director小伙子young man; young guy队长captain; team leader机器machine记者reporter; journalist价值value; worth过程course of events; process请求to request; to ask; request人民the people命运fate; destiny练习to practice; exercise事业undertaking; project爷爷(coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather专业specialty; specialized field士兵soldier年代a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age心情mood; frame of mind奖prize; award洞cave; hole祝贺to congratulate; congratulations条件condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification时代age; era部门department; branch分析to analyze; analysis地区local; regional主人master; host箱子suitcase; chest货goods; money看法way of looking at a thing; view速度speed; rate数字numeral; digit范围range; scope太阳sun婴儿infant; baby笑话joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock科学science; scientific knowledge道理reason; argument距离distance; to be apart from讲话a speech; to speak鼻子nose窗户window护士nurse角angle; corner变化(intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation市market; city内容content; substance年级grade; year (in school, college etc)环境environment; circumstances脖子neck传统tradition; traditional科branch of study; administrative section重复to repeat; to duplicate态度manner; bearing理论theory; to argue生物organism; living creature年纪age商店store; shop夜晚night世纪century回忆to recall; memories耳朵ear; handle (on a cup)区别difference; to distinguish部队army; armed forces棒球baseball设备equipment; facilities; installations对象target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend管理to supervise; to manage实验experiment; test误会to misunderstand; to mistake恋爱(romantic) love; in love建筑to construct; building损失loss; damage肚子belly; abdomen夏天summer信心confidence; faith (in sb or sth)早晨early morning微笑smile; to smile出口an exit; to speak同学to study at the same school; fellow student手指finger作家author级level; grade毛病fault; defect观点point of view; viewpoint年龄(a person's) age发明to invent; an invention思想thought; thinking领导lead; leading主任director; head校长(college, university) president; headmaster作业school assignment; homework将来in the future; future座位seat期间period of time; time产品goods; merchandise兵soldiers; a force指挥to conduct; to command试验experiment; test战士fighter; soldier门口doorway; gate楼梯stair; staircase湖lake局长bureau chief成绩achievement; performance records碗bowl; cup阶段stage; section艺术家artist时期period; phase物质matter; substance屋顶roof事物thing; object形象image; form阿姨maternal aunt; step-mother安慰to comfort; to console科学家scientist镜子mirror图书馆library进步progress; improvement; to improve; to progress苹果apple危机crisis文化culture; civilization花园garden广播broadcast; broadcasting女郎young woman; maiden篮球basketball指导to guide; to give directions鸡蛋(chicken) egg; hen's egg码头dock; pier嘴巴mouth; slap in the face宣传to disseminate; to give publicity to谈判to negotiate; negotiation运动员athlete
The list shows the 300 most common of 609 nouns.
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The nouns come from the measure-word notes in CC-CEDICT, ordered by how often each word appears in film and TV subtitles. Many nouns take more than one measure word, and 个 often works in casual speech.
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