vietnamese classifier

Người

Used for people, woman, man, children.

Cái

Used for things/pieces such as shirts, trousers, dresses, chairs, tables, bags, hats, bowls, plates, spoons, forks, watches, clocks, glasses, bottles, machines.

Con

Used for animals, dolls, roads, rivers.

Đôi

Used for couples/pairs such as shoes, chopsticks.

Bộ

Used for sets such as clothes, movies, dramas, stories.

Quả

Used for fruits and balls.

Chiếc

Used for one (of vehicles) such as cars, motorcycles, ships, airplanes.

Cây

Used for items like pens, pencils, umbrellas, lipsticks, and trees.

Món

Used for kinds of things such as food and goods.

Thỏi

Refers to ingots like lipstick and gold.

Quyển

Used for books, notebooks, magazines.

Ly

Refers to glasses such as glass of water and glass of beer.

Tách

Refers to cups such as cup of tea and cup of coffee.

Chén

Refers to small bowls like bowl of soup and bowl of rice.

Chai

Refers to bottles such as bottle of beer and bottle of water.

Dĩa

Refers to plates, especially for food.

Cục

Refers to chunks such as soap, candy, stone.

Sợi

Refers to lines or strands like necklace string, hair, and thread.

Chỗ

Used for places like a seat.

Cuộn

Refers to reels such as tape, cassettes, strings, threads.

Điếu

Used for rolls like cigarettes.

Gói

Refers to packs such as gift packs, candy packs, cookie packs, or anything packed.

Chuyện

Refers to stories.

Bản

Used for versions such as contracts, documents, and copies.

Ngôi

Refers to houses or stars.

Miếng

Refers to pieces such as piece of bread, meat, or cookie.

Bông

Refers to flowers.

Lần

Used for time (occurrence).

Phòng

Refers to rooms.