件 counts clothes for the upper body, such as shirts, coats and sweaters, and items like luggage and furniture. It also counts matters and events: 这件事, “this matter”, is very common. Trousers and skirts take 条 instead.
- 一件衣服a piece of clothing
- 一件衬衫a shirt
- 这件事this matter
42 nouns that take 件
Most common first事matter; thing东西thing; stuff事情affair; matter; thing; business衣服clothes礼物gift; present事儿matter; thing; business; one's employment行李luggage外套coat; jacket大事major event; major political event (war or change of regime)衬衫shirt; blouse衣clothes; Kangxi radical 145内衣undergarment; underwear家具furniture上衣jacket; upper outer garment毛衣(wool) sweater大衣overcoat; topcoat衬衣shirt艺术品art piece; work of art床单bed sheet商品commodity; goods; merchandise乐器musical instrument差事errand; assignment背心sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc)运动衫sports shirt; sweatshirt长袍chang pao (traditional Chinese men's robe); gown文物cultural relic; historical relic宝物treasure雨衣raincoat差使official post; billet日用品articles for daily use风衣windbreaker; wind cheater体恤衫T-shirt皮具leather products棉衣cotton-padded clothes弹拨乐器plucked string instrument罩衣overalls中山服Chinese tunic suit; Mao jacket大氅overcoat; cloak夹袄lined jacket; double layered jacket广告衫promotional T-shirt派克大衣parka jacket (loanword)镏银器gilded silverware
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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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