Measure words

Potential articles / sections

• 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
• Most measure words are single characters, but not all (need list of two-character measure words)

• Noun measure words
• Verb measure words
• Monetary measure words

Sources

• 外国人实用汉语语法(中英文对照) (pp. 73 - 95)
• 简明汉语语法学习手册 (Chinese Grammar Without Tears) (pp. 198 - 208)
• Practicing HSK Grammar (pp. 1 - 30)
• Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide (pp. 43 - 48)
• Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar (pp. 28 - 85)