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* 从 这里 到 那里 ， 需要 <em>几</em> 个 小时 ？ <span class="pinyin">Cóng zhèlǐ dào nàli, xūyào <em>jǐ</em> gè xiǎoshí?</span> <span class="trans">From here to there, it should take how many hours?</span>
 
* 从 这里 到 那里 ， 需要 <em>几</em> 个 小时 ？ <span class="pinyin">Cóng zhèlǐ dào nàli, xūyào <em>jǐ</em> gè xiǎoshí?</span> <span class="trans">From here to there, it should take how many hours?</span>
 
* 你 喝 了 <em>几</em> 瓶 啤酒 ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ hē le <em>jǐ</em> píng píjiǔ?</span> <span class="trans">How many bottles of beer did you drink?</span>
 
* 你 喝 了 <em>几</em> 瓶 啤酒 ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ hē le <em>jǐ</em> píng píjiǔ?</span> <span class="trans">How many bottles of beer did you drink?</span>
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* 你 需要 <em>几</em> 张 纸 ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ xūyào <em>jǐ</em> Zhāng zhǐ?</span> <span class="trans">How many pieces of paper do you need?? (Note: In English we say "piece" of paper, in Chinese we say a zhang[a flat spread thing] of paper.)</span>
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* 你 需要 <em>几</em> 张 纸 ？ <span class="pinyin">Nǐ xūyào <em>jǐ</em> zhāng zhǐ?</span> <span class="trans">How many pieces of paper do you need? (Note: In English we say "piece" of paper, in Chinese we say a [flat spread thing] of paper.)</span>
  
 
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Revision as of 07:00, 12 August 2015

Quantity questions are phrases for asking things like "how much?" or "how many?" You're going to need to use the question word 几 (jǐ) and measure words for this.

Structure

You can use the quantity question word 几 (jǐ) instead of a number to ask about quantity with measure words.

Subject + Verb + 几 + MW + Noun？

Examples

  • 几 个 人 ？ Jǐ gè rén? How many people?
  • 你 在 这里 呆 几 天 ？ Nǐ zài zhèlǐ dāi jǐ tiān? How many days are you staying here?
  • 你 每 天 工作 几 个 小时 ？ Nǐ měi tiān gōngzuò jǐ gè xiǎoshí? How many hours do you work every day?
  • 你 家 里 有 几 个 人 ？ Nǐ jiā lǐ yǒu jǐ gè rén? How many family members does your family have?
  • 你 有 几 个 女朋友 ？ Nǐ yǒu jǐ gè nǚpéngyou? How many girlfriends do you have?
  • 你 学 了 几 年 中文 ？ Nǐ xué le jǐ nián Zhōngwén? How many years have you studied Chinese?
  • 你 认识 几 个 中国 人 ？ Nǐ rènshi jǐ gè Zhōngguó rén? How many Chinese people do you know?
  • 你 买 了 几 个 苹果 ？ Nǐ mǎi le jǐ gè píngguǒ? How many apples did you buy?
  • 从 这里 到 那里 ， 需要 几 个 小时 ？ Cóng zhèlǐ dào nàli, xūyào jǐ gè xiǎoshí? From here to there, it should take how many hours?
  • 你 喝 了 几 瓶 啤酒 ？ Nǐ hē le jǐ píng píjiǔ? How many bottles of beer did you drink?
  • 你 需要 几 张 纸 ？ Nǐ xūyào jǐ zhāng zhǐ? How many pieces of paper do you need? (Note: In English we say "piece" of paper, in Chinese we say a [flat spread thing] of paper.)

See also

Sources and further reading

Books

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