Classifiers (8) – 量词 (8)

Classifiers (8) – 量词 (8)

栋 (dòng)

“栋” is the classifier for house or building.

e.g.

一栋房子 (yí dòng fángzi) A house

那几栋大楼都坍塌了。(Nà jǐ dòng dàlóu dōu tāntā le.) Those buildings all collapsed.

我们以前就住在这栋公寓里。(Wǒmen yǐqián jiù zhù zài zhè dòng gōngyù li.) We used to live in this apartment.

粒 (lì)

“粒” is the classifier for granular materials, small and hard objects such as rice, sand, seed, etc.

e.g.

一粒米 (Yī lì mǐ) A grain of rice

几粒葡萄 (Jǐ lì pútao) A few grapes

五粒子弹 (Wǔ lì zǐdàn) Five bullets

枚 (méi)

“枚” is similar to “个.” It is mainly used for small objects. It indicates “piece” as an individual measure word for badges, stamps, or some small flat or round-shaped things.

e.g.

一枚硬币 (Yī méi yìngbì) A coin

两枚奖章 (Liǎng méi jiǎngzhāng) Two medals

一枚导弹从天而降。(Yī méi dǎodàn cóngtiān’érjiàng.) A missile fell from the sky.

我这里有三枚邮票。（Wǒ zhèli yǒu sān méi yóupiào.）I have three stamps here.

则 (zé)

“则” is the classifier for number words used for sub-items or self-paragraphs. 

e.g.

新闻一则 (Xīnwén yī zé) An item of news

两则笑话 (Liǎng zé xiàohuà) Two jokes

我们在当地报纸上登了一则广告。(Wǒmen zài dāngdì bàozhǐ shàng dēng le yī zé guǎnggào.) We put an ad in the local newspaper.

盏( zhǎn)

“盏” is the measure word for lamp and small cup.

e.g.

一盏灯 (yī zhǎn dēng) A lamp

一盏酒 (yī zhǎn jiǔ) A cup of wine

一盏茶 (yī zhǎn chá) A cup of tea

人次 (rén cì)

“人次” is a compound quantifier, indicating the sum of the number of times.

e.g.

国内游学人次预计将达900万。 (Guónèi yóuxué réncì yùjì jiāng dá 900 wàn.) The number of domestic study tours is expected to reach 9 million.

共有超过1亿3000万人次参观了该公园。(Gòng yǒu chāoguò 1 yì 3000 wàn réncì cānguān le gāi gōngyuán.) More than 130 million people have visited the park.

在这4000万乘客中，870万人次乘坐地铁出行。(Zài zhè 4000 wàn chéngkè zhōng,870 wàn réncì chéngzuò dìtiě chūxíng.)  Of the 40 million passengers, 8.7 million took the subway.