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Meaning of 量词

量词 means measure word; classifier; quantifier. Pronounced liàng cí.

  • measure word; classifier; quantifier

Definitions & Examples

 "
 "
 
 "
zhī
 "
 
 "
tiáo
 "
dōu
shì
cháng
yòng
de
liàng
 

"Ge," "zhi," and "tiao" are all commonly used measure words.

Hàn
shù
liàng
jīng
cháng
shǐ使
yòng
 

In Chinese, numerals and measure words are often used together.

Xué
liàng
shì
duì
wài
Hàn
jiào
xué
zhōng
de
zhòng
diǎn
 

Learning measure words is a key point in teaching Chinese as a foreign language.

Zhè
běn
shū
jiè
shào
le
sān
bǎi
duō
liàng
de
yòng
 

This book introduces the usage of over three hundred measure words.

Liàng
fēn
wéi
míng
liàng
dòng
liàng
liǎng
lèi
 

Measure words can be divided into two main categories: noun-measure words and verb-measure words.