All measure words

封 fēng

The Chinese measure word for letters and emails.

封 counts things that come sealed, like a letter: letters, emails and telegrams.

  • 一封信yì fēng xìna letter
  • 一封邮件yì fēng yóujiànan email
  • 两封信liǎng fēng xìntwo letters

5 nouns that take 封

Most common first
信xìnletter; mail电报diàn bàotelegram; cable回信huí xìnto reply; to write back邀请函yāo qǐng háninvitation letter电子邮件diàn zǐ yóu jiànemail

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.