{"id":3136,"date":"2019-11-03T22:41:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T22:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-grammar\/the-usage-of-chinese-measure-word-ge-ge\/"},"modified":"2019-11-03T22:41:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T22:41:58","slug":"the-usage-of-chinese-measure-word-ge-ge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/the-usage-of-chinese-measure-word-ge-ge\/","title":{"rendered":"The usage of Chinese measure word: \u4e2age"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The measure word \u4e2a (ge) is the most common Chinese measure word. It can be used in a pinch for any noun if you can’t think of a more precise measure word. Also, for many nouns, \u4e2a is the o<\/em>nly correct measure word.<\/p>\n

General structure<\/strong>
The general structure for \u4e2a (and measure words in general) is:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

You can specify the quantity of any noun with this structure. Note that any time you want to state how many of a noun in Chinese, you probably need a measure word. First get used to doing it with \u4e2a.<\/p>\n

Examples<\/strong><\/p>\n

li\u01cenggèyuè
\u4e24\u4e2a\u6708<\/div>\n
two months<\/div>\n

Omitting the number<\/strong>
If the number is one (1), you can omit it and use \u4e2a by itself. This is equivalent to a or an in English, for example in "a person" or "an idiot."<\/p>\n

Some examples of that:<\/p>\n

k\u0101igèhuì
\u5f00\u4e2a\u4f1a<\/div>\n
have a meeting <\/div>\n<\/div>\n