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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.
教室
jiàoshì
· classroom
HSK 2
一间教室
yì jiān jiàoshì
间 jiān — rooms
Say it
Use 两, not 二, before a measure word. 这 (this), 那 (that) and 几 (how many) need one too.
Real examples
- 那间教室比这间大一些。Nà jiān jiàoshì bǐ zhè jiān dà yìxiē.That classroom is a bit bigger than this one.
- 那间教室里坐着不少学生。Nà jiān jiàoshì li zuòzhe bù shǎo xuésheng.Quite a few students are sitting in that classroom.
- 那边就有一间教室，我们去看一下吧。Nàbiān jiù yǒu yì jiān jiàoshì, wǒmen qù kàn yíxià ba.There's a classroom right over there. Let's go and have a look.
Quick quiz
Ten nouns. Pick the measure word.
right
一
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Remember these
Common nouns are checked by hand. Rarer ones use notes from the CC-CEDICT dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).