Not everything is 个.
Measure words are the part of Chinese nobody teaches you properly. Measure Cards holds 168 of them, sorted by what they actually count, each with the words and sentences that use it, read aloud. Then it drills you on the ones you keep getting wrong.
iPhone · iPad · iOS 17 or later
A reference you can actually use
Sorted by what they count
168 measure words across fifteen categories — people, animals, containers, vehicles, buildings, time, money and the rest. Looking for the one that counts a flat thing is easier than remembering its name.
Words and sentences, read aloud
Nearly every measure word comes with the nouns it counts and full sentences using it, each one recorded. The audio ships inside the app, so it works on a plane.
Color as a second channel
Every character is tinted by its tone, with mnemonics for each. Prefer Pleco's palette, or MDBG's, or Hanping's? Pick one. Or build your own.
Drills that find the gaps
See a word, or hear one, and choose the measure word that counts it. Scheduling brings each one back as you're about to forget it, and Plus goes straight at the words you keep getting wrong.
Simplified or traditional
Read 简体字 or 繁體字, with pinyin tone marks, pinyin tone numbers or zhuyin. The whole app follows the setting, examples included.
Add what you're missing
Add measure words of your own, with your own examples. Type ba3 and the tone marks, zhuyin and tone color are worked out for you.
A reference first
There are no streaks to protect here and no daily goal nagging you back. Look a measure word up when you need it, practice when you want to, and let the scheduling handle the rest. Measure words are learned by meeting them repeatedly over years, not by clearing a queue before midnight.
No account, no analytics, no tracking. There is no sign-in anywhere in the app, and nothing about your practice leaves your devices. Your favourites, your own words and your history sync through your personal iCloud, which I have no access to. Read the privacy policy.
Get Measure Cards
The app is free: all 168 measure words, their examples, the audio, the tone colors and practice at every scope. Measure Cards Plus is a one-time $4.99 unlock — drills on your weak spots, a view of what you mix up, unlimited words of your own, two more voices and a palette you build yourself. Not a subscription.
iPhone · iPad · iOS 17 or later