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颗 kē

The Chinese measure word for small, round things.

颗 counts small, round things: beans, pearls, teeth, stars, sweets and bullets. It also counts the heart, as in 一颗心.

  • 一颗星星yì kē xīngxinga star
  • 一颗牙yì kē yáa tooth
  • 一颗心yì kē xīna heart

29 nouns that take 颗

Most common first
心xīnheart; mind子弹zǐ dànbullet炸弹zhà dànbomb脑袋nǎo daihead; skull心脏xīn zàngheart糖tángsugar; sweets牙yátooth; ivory钻石zuàn shídiamond牙齿yá chǐtooth; dental卫星wèi xīngsatellite; moon苹果píng guǒapple土豆tǔ dòupotato; (Tw) peanut行星xíng xīngplanet草莓cǎo méistrawberry; (Tw) hickey豆子dòu zibean; pea宝石bǎo shíprecious stone; gem陨石yǔn shímeteorite; aerolite珍珠zhēn zhūpearl珠zhūbead; pearl种子zhǒng ziseed齿chǐtooth地雷dì léiland mine; (fig.) sore point; weak spot棋qíchess; chess-like game西瓜xī guāwatermelon棋子qí zǐchess piece; (fig.) a pawn (used by others for their own purposes)珠子zhū zipearl; bead弹子dàn zislingshot pellet; playing marbles蛀牙zhù yátooth decay; dental cavities高丽菜gāo lí càicabbage

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.