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量詞
loeng6 ci4 |
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[grammar] measure word; classifier There are two main types of 量詞 (measure words) - 名量詞 (nominal measure word) and 動量詞 (verbal measure word). 名量詞 is also known as 'classifier' which is often (erroneously) used to stand for both types of measure words because there are far more 名量詞 than 動量詞 in Chinese grammar.
Level: 3 Google Frequency: 84,500 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 3523 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 2nd Oct 2004 10:29 and last edited on 28th Jul 2011 02:11 |
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Characters in this word:量 loeng4 loeng6 - measure; deliberate; amount; estimate詞 ci4 - word; speech; lyrics 4 compounds containing this word:動量詞 - verbal measure word物量詞 - classifier; type classifier 數量詞 - quantifier 名量詞 - noun classifier; nominal measure |
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