Sunday, September 26, 2010

量词 measure words in Chinese

Before every noun in Chinese, a measure word must be used, this is very different from English, which is a quite hard part for beginners in Chinese learning, for you have to remember so many different measure words for different nouns.  But don't worry. The more you learn, the easier it will be. 比如(bi3 ru2) For example:

人           
one person

朋友
two friends

学生
three students


one book

六个苹果
six apples

(liang4)自行车
one bicycle

汽车
three cars

件(jian4)衬衫
one shirt

双(shuang4)球鞋
four pairs of sneakers

条(tiao2)长裤
two pairs of pants

架(jia4)飞机
one plane

(ping2)水
five bottles of water


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