杯 counts drinks by the cup or glass: water, tea, coffee, beer, milk. The cup itself is 杯子, which takes 个 or 只.
- 一杯水a glass of water
- 一杯咖啡a cup of coffee
- 两杯啤酒two beers
14 nouns that take 杯
Most common first酒wine (esp. rice wine); liquor咖啡coffee (loanword)啤酒beer (loanword)茶tea; tea plant牛奶cow's milk橙汁orange juice矿泉水mineral water香槟酒champagne (loanword)红茶black tea橘子汁orange juice柳橙汁orange juice橘子水orangeade; orange squash花茶scented tea茅台酒maotai (a strong spirit produced in Guizhou)
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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.
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