条 counts things that are long and narrow: roads, rivers, trousers, fish, snakes and dogs. It also counts some things that come one at a time, such as a piece of news, a message, a rule or a way out of a problem.
- 一条河a river
- 一条裤子a pair of trousers
- 一条消息a piece of news
94 nouns that take 条
Most common first带to bring; to take along; to carry; to lead; to look after枪gun; firearm狗dog消息news; information办法means; method路road; journey生命life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature船boat; vessel线thread; string道road; path; (bound form) way; reason; principle腿leg新闻news根root; basis街street法律law意见idea; opinion鱼fish牛ox; cow队伍ranks; troops裤子trousers; pants大街street; main street狼wolf裙子skirt河river; (bound form) the Yellow River蛇snake; serpent公路highway; road虫lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic沙发sofa (loanword); (Internet slang) the first reply or replier to a forum post胳膊arm绳子cord; string; rope杆stick; pole虫子insect; bug项链necklace道路road; path路线itinerary; route领带necktie街道street; subdistrict毛巾towel香烟cigarette; smoke from burning incense肥皂soap毯子blanket马路street; road光线light ray; light皮带strap; leather belt裙skirt鳄鱼alligator; crocodile床单bed sheet牛仔裤jeans铁路railroad; railway腰带belt围巾scarf; shawl江river鲸鱼whale人命human life河流river标语written slogan; placard山脉mountain range辫子plait; braid黄瓜cucumber唐人街Chinatown谜语riddle; conundrum大路avenue板凳wooden bench or stool浴巾bath towel渔船fishing boat好汉hero; strong and courageous person桌布tablecloth; (computing) desktop background专线special-purpose phone line or communications link; hotline链条chain蝌蚪tadpole彩带colored ribbon; streamer胳臂arm茎stalk; stem胡同lane; alley渠(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch; (literary) big; great坝dam; dike; embankment成语Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage美人计honey trap; sexual entrapment泥鳅loach; mud fish苦肉计the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence棉被comforter; quilt反间计stratagem of sowing dissension号码牌number plate; car license plate手链chain bracelet林阴大道boulevard; tree-lined avenue栈阁plank road built along the side of a cliff牙线dental floss箍带strap肩带shoulder strap; shoulder harness; shoulder belt; baldric蛴螬scarab beetle larva; grub袜裤leggings; tights连环计interlocked stratagems金镏子gold ring黄鳝Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
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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