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张 zhāng

The Chinese measure word for flat things: paper, tickets, tables, beds.

张 counts things with a flat surface: sheets of paper, photos, tickets, maps, tables and beds. It also counts faces and mouths, as in 一张脸, and things that open out flat, such as a net.

  • 一张纸yì zhāng zhǐa sheet of paper
  • 两张票liǎng zhāng piàotwo tickets
  • 一张桌子yì zhāng zhuōzia table

85 nouns that take 张

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照片zhào piànphotograph; picture嘴zuǐmouth; beak床chuángbed; couch脸liǎnface音乐yīn yuèmusic画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting票piàoticket; ballot卡kǎcard; to stop; to block皮píleather; skin报纸bào zhǐnewspaper; newsprint桌子zhuō zitable; desk报bàoto announce; to inform饼bǐnground flat cake; cookie纸zhǐpaper; classifier for documents, letters etc地图dì túmap图túdiagram; picture玻璃bō liglass; (slang) male homosexual唱片chàng piàngramophone record; LP沙发shā fāsofa (loanword); (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post嘴巴zuǐ bamouth; slap in the face机票jī piàoair ticket; passenger ticket图片tú piànpicture; photograph毯子tǎn ziblanket选票xuǎn piàoa vote; ballot表格biǎo géform; table菜单cài dānmenu收据shōu jùreceipt钞票chāo piàopaper money; a bill (e.g. 100 yuan)相片xiàng piànimage; photograph煎饼jiān bǐngjianbing, a savory Chinese crêpe; pancake床单chuáng dānbed sheet纸巾zhǐ jīnpaper towel; napkin餐桌cān zhuōdining table; dinner table日历rì lìcalendar邮票yóu piào(postage) stamp木板mù bǎnslab; board床垫chuáng diànmattress星座xīng zuòconstellation; astrological sign标语biāo yǔwritten slogan; placard弓gōnga bow (weapon); to bend便条biàn tiáo(informal) note皮革pí géleather餐巾cān jīnnapkin比萨饼bǐ sà bǐngpizza (loanword)书桌shū zhuōdesk板凳bǎn dèngwooden bench or stool试卷shì juànexamination paper; test paper长凳cháng dèngpew; bench飞机票fēi jī piàoair ticket桌布zhuō bùtablecloth; (computing) desktop background纸币zhǐ bìbank notes; paper currency光盘guāng páncompact disc (CD); DVD; CD-ROM影碟yǐng diéDVD手绢shǒu juànhandkerchief光碟guāng diéoptical disc; compact disc佛像fó xiàngBuddhist image; statue of Buddha or Bodhisattva地契dì qìtitle deed (for land)书签shū qiānbookmark出生证chū shēng zhèngbirth certificate假条jià tiáoleave of absence request (from work or school); excuse note碟片dié piàndisc报名表bào míng biǎoapplication form; registration form答卷dá juàncompleted examination paper; answer sheet房契fáng qìdeed (for a house)调查表diào chá biǎoquestionnaire; inventory list单人床dān rén chuángsingle bed圣像shèng xiàngicon; iconic快嘴kuài zuǐunable to keep one's thoughts to oneself; blabbermouth菜板cài bǎnchopping board; cutting board机床jī chuángmachine tool; a lathe便签biàn qiānnote; memo信用证券xìn yòng zhèng quàninstrument of credit; letter of credit凉席liáng xísummer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo)出生证明chū shēng zhèng míngbirth certificate出生证明书chū shēng zhèng míng shūbirth certificate喜报xǐ bàoannouncement of joyful news栈单zhàn dāncargo receipt; landing account洋铁箔yáng tiě bótinfoil激光唱片jī guāng chàng piàncompact disk; CD考试卷kǎo shì juànexam paper; test paper臭脸chòu liǎnsour face; scowling face贺年片hè nián piànNew Year's card铅箔qiān bólead foil锡箔纸xī bó zhǐaluminum foil镍箔niè bónickel sheet

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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.