朵 counts flowers, and things shaped like them, such as clouds. A whole bunch of flowers takes 束 shù instead.
- 一朵花a flower
- 一朵玫瑰a rose
- 一朵云a cloud
8 nouns that take 朵
Most common first花flower; blossom玫瑰rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa); rose flower云cloud鲜花flower; fresh flowers云彩(coll.) cloud浪花spray; ocean spray彩云rosy clouds木耳wood ear; jelly ear (edible fungus)
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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