台 counts machines and appliances that stand in one place: computers, TVs, washing machines and pianos. It also counts stage performances.
- 一台电脑a computer
- 一台电视a TV
- 两台机器two machines
36 nouns that take 台
Most common first节目program; item (on a program)电视television; TV电脑computer戏trick; drama器device; tool机器machine电梯elevator; escalator钢琴piano引擎engine (loanword)收音机radio计算机computer; (Tw) calculator仪器instrument; apparatus电视机television set服务器server (computer)空调air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode)照相机camera发动机engine; motor微波炉microwave oven洗衣机washing machine; washer录音机(tape) recording machine; tape recorder显微镜microscope拖拉机tractor话剧stage play; modern drama分机(telephone) extension秤steelyard; Roman balance订书机stapler; stapling machine叉车forklift truck电风扇electric fan铲车front loader (vehicle)古砚antique ink slab小笔电mini laptop or notebook (computer); netbook平板电脑tablet computer (iPad, Android devices etc)录影机camcorder; video recorder盘秤balance consisting of steelyard with a pan笔电notebook (computer)笔记本电脑laptop; notebook (computer)
More measure words
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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