All measure words

棵 kē

The Chinese measure word for trees and plants.

棵 counts trees and plants that grow from one stem: a tree, a cabbage, a stalk of grass. It sounds like 颗 kē, which counts small, round things.

  • 一棵树yì kē shùa tree
  • 一棵白菜yì kē báicàia Chinese cabbage
  • 一棵松树yì kē sōngshùa pine tree

21 nouns that take 棵

Most common first
树shùtree; to cultivate菜càivegetable; greens; dish (of food)松sōngloose; to loosen草cǎograss; straw玫瑰méi guīrugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa); rose flower竹zhúbamboo; Kangxi radical 118松树sōng shùpine; pine tree卷心菜juǎn xīn càicabbage竹子zhú zibamboo菠菜bō càispinach; (slang) lottery (alternative term for 博彩 (bócǎi))白菜bái càiChinese cabbage; pak choi水仙花shuǐ xiān huādaffodil; narcissus白杨bái yángpoplar果树guǒ shùfruit tree小树xiǎo shùshrub; small tree大白菜dà bái càibok choy; Chinese cabbage小白菜xiǎo bái càibok choy; Chinese cabbage枣树zǎo shùjujube tree; date tree红树hóng shùred mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)烟卷儿yān juǎn rcigarette禾苗hé miáoseedling (of rice or other grain)

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.