All measure words

部 bù

The Chinese measure word for films, novels and phones.

部 counts works and devices: films, novels, TV series, phones and some machines.

  • 一部电影yí bù diànyǐnga film
  • 一部小说yí bù xiǎoshuōa novel
  • 一部手机yí bù shǒujīa phone

37 nouns that take 部

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电话diàn huàtelephone; phone call电影diàn yǐngmovie; film书shūbook; letter电视diàn shìtelevision; TV手机shǒu jīcell phone; mobile phone机器jī qìmachine作品zuò pǐnwork (of art); opus电梯diàn tīelevator; escalator小说xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction喜剧xǐ jùa comedy圣经Shèng jīngthe Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures摄像机shè xiàng jīvideo camera摩托车mó tuō chē(loanword) motorbike; motorcycle影片yǐng piàna copy of a film; film; motion picture; movie轿车jiào chēenclosed carriage for carrying passengers; motor carriage电视剧diàn shì jùTV series; TV drama宪法xiàn fǎconstitution (of a country)照相机zhào xiàng jīcamera望远镜wàng yuǎn jìngbinoculars; telescope图书tú shūbooks (in a library or bookstore)著作zhù zuòto write; literary work纪录片jì lù piànnewsreel; documentary (film or TV program)话剧huà jùstage play; modern drama公用电话gōng yòng diàn huàpublic phone传记zhuàn jìbiography恐怖片kǒng bù piànhorror movie辞典cí diǎndictionary (variant of 词典 (cídiǎn))词典cí diǎndictionary艺术片yì shù piànart film; art house film血泪史xuè lèi shǐ(fig.) history full of suffering; heart-rending story动作片dòng zuò piànaction movie图集tú jícollection of pictures; atlas小笔电xiǎo bǐ diànmini laptop or notebook (computer); netbook搞笑片gǎo xiào piàncomedy film; comedy笔电bǐ diànnotebook (computer)笔记本电脑bǐ jì běn diàn nǎolaptop; notebook (computer)集邮簿jí yóu bùstamp album

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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.