Difference between revisions of "Measure words"

Revision as of 06:12, 22 July 2011

Measure words can be reduplicated to act as a sentence element. This has the meaning of 'every'.
Used after numerals or demonstrative pronouns.
If the number is just one, it can be omitted; just the measure word is OK.
半 before measure word means "half of". 半 after measure word means "... and a half"
多 and measure words
- 多 in between numeral and measure word e.g. 十多个 means more than the number given but less than the next whole number. Like 'odd' in English e.g. "thirty-odd".
- 多 after the measure word simply means more than the number given

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