Measure words in quantity questions
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Keywords
By "quantity questions," we mean asking "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 instead of a number to ask about quantity with measure words.
Subject + Verb + 几 + MW + Noun？
Examples
- 几 个 人？How many people?
- 你 在 这里 呆 几 天？How many days are you staying here?
- 你 每 天 工作 几 个 小时？How many hours do you work every day?
- 你 家 里 有 几 个 人？How many family members does your family have?
- 你 有 几 个 女朋友？How many girlfriends do you have?
- 你 学 了 几 年 中文？How many years have you studied Chinese?
- 你 认识 几 个 中国 人？How many Chinese people do you know?
- 你 买 了 几 个 苹果？How many apples did you buy?
- 从 这里 到 那里，需要 几 个 小时？From here to there, it should take how many hours?
- 你 喝 了 几 瓶 啤酒？How many bottles of beer did you drink?
- 你 需要 几 张 纸？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.)
