种 counts kinds, not single items: a kind of fruit, a type of person, a way of thinking. 这种, “this kind of”, is one of the most common phrases in Chinese. Read zhòng, the same character means “to plant”.
- 一种水果a kind of fruit
- 这种人this kind of person
- 各种各样all kinds of
35 nouns that take 种
Most common first话words; speech; talk; what sb said; language; dialect情况circumstances; state of affairs; situation保护to protect; to defend药medicine; drug自由freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted武器weapon; arms享受to enjoy; to live it up食物food技术technology; technique; skill情绪mood; state of mind科学science; scientific knowledge语言language金属metal色color; look背景background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer道德virtue; morality文化culture; civilization食品foodstuff; food; provisions企图to attempt; to try现象phenomenon; appearance植物plant; vegetation塑料plastics蔬菜vegetables纤维fiber文学literature营养nutrition; nourishment改革reform; to reform气候(meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)武术military skill or technique (in former times); all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development)粮食foodstuff; cereals美术art; fine arts款式pattern; style抽象abstract; abstraction中药traditional Chinese medicine副食non-staple food
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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