支 counts long, thin things you hold, such as pens and cigarettes. It also counts songs and pieces of music, and groups that act together, such as a team, a band or an army.
- 一支笔a pen
- 一支歌a song
- 一支球队a team
27 nouns that take 支
Most common first枪gun; firearm花flower; blossom歌song; to sing手机cell phone; mobile phone笔pen; pencil乐队band; pop group队伍ranks; troops军队armed forces; troops曲tune; song针needle; pin尺a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter蜡烛candle香烟cigarette; smoke from burning incense曲子poem for singing; tune舰队fleet箭arrow铅笔(lead) pencil钢笔fountain pen吸管(drinking) straw; pipette竹bamboo; Kangxi radical 118竹子bamboo粉笔chalk民歌folk song圆珠笔ballpoint pen长枪pike救生队rescue team箭矢arrow
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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