Measure Words in Chinese-Introduction

Measure words(量词liàng cí) in Chinese have something in common with those in English, such as one cup of water. The main difference between measure words in English and in Chinese is that a measure word is required to be put before every noun in Chinese.
For example, we can say “two boys” in English. However, in Chinese we need to say “两(liang)” 个(ge) 男(nan) 孩(hai)”, “个(ge)” between two (两 liǎng) and boy (男 nán 孩 hái) is the measure word for person. There are more than one hundred measure words in Chinese, which are used for various categories of objects. The good way for memorizing all these measure words is to remember them with related nouns