pluiepoco

Simplex Chinese:
辆refers to car or bike with wheels; its left part 车(車)seems like wheels of a car, and that is the very origin of it
座or栋referes to a house or building
个refers to every thing able to be counted
行[hang2]refers to lines of things
棵refers to a tree or any plant with stems or branches
根refers to a pole or stalk
条refers to thread, cloth, scarf, rope or other silk-make, or refers to river or crook,
只refers to animals or birds
匹refers to wolf or horse
头refers to pig or swine
顶refers to hat or cap
串refers to a series of similar or same objects pierced through by a stick
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less than 100 words

pluiepoco

量词
Chinese Count Words
Simplex (Complex) Chinese [pinyin]:
辆(輛)[liang4]refers to car or bike with wheels; its left part 车(車) seems like wheels of a car, and that is the very origin of it
座[zuo4]or栋(棟)[dong4]refers to a house or building, while 座 can also refer to a bridge
个(個)[ge4]refers to every thing able to be counted
行[hang2]refers to lines of things
棵[ke1]refers to a tree or any plant with stems or branches
根[gen1]refers to a pole or stalk
条(條)[tiao2]refers to thread, cloth, scarf, rope or other silk-make, or refers to river or crook, or a road/way
只[zhi1]refers to animals or birds
匹[pi1]refers to wolf or horse
头(頭)[tou2] refers to pig or swine, or says something all over the head
顶(頂)[ding3]refers to hat or cap
串[chuan4]refers to a series of similar or same objects pierced through by a stick
双(雙)[shuang1]refers to a pair of thing, = (a) pair of …
排[pai2]refers to a row of thing, = (a) row of …
台[tai2]refers to wooden or metal device or machine that would form a stand
箱[xiang1]refers to a box of things, = (a) box of …
系列[xi4 lie4]refers to a series of things, = (a) series of …
块(塊)[kuai3]refers to a block of things, = (a) block of …
副[fu4]refers to a set of things which is always not a single, = (a) set of …
包[bao1]refers to a bag of things, = (a) bag of …
杯[bei1]refers to a cup of things, = (a) cup of …
袋[dai4]refers to a packet of things, = (a) packet of …
桶[tong3]refers to a barrel of things, =(a) barrel of …
碗[wan3]refers to a bowl of things, =(a) bowl of ..
锅(鍋)[guo1]refers to a pan of things, because锅 means a pan or boiler in cooking
首[shou3]refers to a poem or song/lyrics
组(組)[zu3]refers to a group of things, = (a) group of…

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less than 100 words

MikeL

Xie xie!

Wo3 you3 liang3 liang4 mo2 tuo1 che1, yi1 liang4 da4, yi1 liang4 xiao3

Does this make sense? (Sorry, cant write characters!)

pluiepoco

zhen1 cong1 ming2! you are so clever!
真聰明!

Jonne

Oo I see.. but can you count books or some cups with 个? no?
I've been learning more words now... I'll write a short text. Correct me if I'm wrong..
我是芬兰人。我在芬兰。我不喜欢芬兰的冬天和我喜欢芬兰语。
I'm very unsure about the last sentence :X

pluiepoco

我是芬兰人。我在芬兰。我不喜欢芬兰的冬天和（changed into 但which mean but）我喜欢芬兰语。
一本書(书)a book
一只杯子 a cup
I said 個can be used for nearly every nouns, in fact some times in Chinese we use only number+noun without a count word just in the same case of English,
such as仨杯子which is spoken in the same meaning as 三只杯子
倆褲子in the same meaning as 二（兩）條褲子

Jonne

Oh I see. In my book it says that you have to use the counter word everytime between number and noun..old rule?