对 counts two people or things that belong together as a match: a couple, twins, earrings, wings. For things you wear or use as a pair, such as shoes and chopsticks, 双 is the usual choice.
- 一对夫妻a married couple
- 一对耳环a pair of earrings
- 一对双胞胎a pair of twins
8 nouns that take 对
Most common first耳朵ear; handle (on a cup)夫妇a (married) couple; husband and wife袜子socks; stockings双胞胎twin翅膀wing耳环earring筷子chopsticks耳坠子eardrops (pendant jewelry); earrings
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.
Search measurements
Beam preview · 15-second idle timeout · No prewarming. Total time includes the network and any container startup. “First search” identifies a new Go process; it is not a separate measurement of Beam’s startup time.