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Measure Word Finder

In Chinese a number needs a measure word before the noun: 一本书 (a book), 一张纸 (a sheet of paper). Type a noun to find the right one.

书 shū · book HSK 1

一本书

yì běn shū

本 běn — books and other bound volumes

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Use 两, not 二, before a measure word. 这 (this), 那 (that) and 几 (how many) need one too.

这本书共有三百页。zhè běn shū gòng yǒu sān bǎi yè.This book has three hundred pages in total.
你们可以看这本书。Nǐmen kěyǐ kàn zhè běn shū.You can read this book.
她拿来一本中文书。Tā nálái yì běn Zhōngwén shū.She brought over a Chinese book.

Ten nouns. Pick the measure word.

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