All measure words

节 jié

The Chinese measure word for class periods, carriages, batteries.

节 counts sections of something made of parts: a class period, a train carriage, a battery, a length of bamboo.

  • 一节课yì jié kèa class (period)
  • 两节电池liǎng jié diànchítwo batteries
  • 一节车厢yì jié chēxiānga carriage

6 nouns that take 节

Most common first
课kèsubject; course火车huǒ chētrain课程kè chéngcourse; academic program电池diàn chíbattery车厢chē xiāngcarriage甘蔗gān zhesugar cane

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.