趟 / 顿 / 场 / 阵【tàng / dùn / chǎng / zhèn】

次 counts how many times something happens. 趟, 顿, 场 and 阵 count it too, and also say what kind of occurrence it was. Like 次, they go after the verb.

趟: a trip there and back

趟 counts journeys, with 去, 来, 跑 or 回, and implies going and coming back.

顿: meals, and a telling-off

顿 counts meals, and also bouts of scolding, which come all at once.

场: an event from start to finish

场 counts something that runs its course: a game, a film, a show, a downpour. For films, games and shows it is read chǎng; for rain, snow and other things that happen to you it is read cháng.

阵: a short spell

阵 is a burst that comes and goes: wind, rain, laughter, a busy patch.

Where the object goes

A noun object follows the measure word: 吃了一顿饭. A pronoun comes before it: 说了他一顿. With 趟 a place can go either side: 去了一趟北京, 去北京一趟. The count never goes before the verb.

• × 我一趟去了上海 → 我去了一趟上海
• × 他一顿骂了我 → 他骂了我一顿

遍, for going through something from start to finish, belongs with 次 and has its own point.