day 47measure words and counts

measure words and counts

Use the advanced measure words (则, 幢, 缕, 盏, 股, 截, 摊, 码, 宗, 枚 …), units of land and weight, and the numbers of a news report (人次, 过半, 不下, 合计, 累计).

today’s words

• 码 mǎ · (measure word for matters); code; yard
• 枚 méi · (measure word for coins, stamps, medals)
• 则 zé · (measure word for news items, notices)
• 幢 zhuàng · (measure word for buildings)
• 宗 zōng · (measure word for deals, cases)
• 截 jié · a section, length; to cut off
• 缕 lǚ · wisp, strand (of smoke, hair, light)
• 丸 wán · pill, ball; (measure word for pills)
• 盏 zhǎn · (measure word for lamps)
• 桩 zhuāng · (measure word for events, matters); stake
• 股 gǔ · (measure word for smells, streams)
• 丛 cóng · clump, thicket; (measure word for plants)
• 席 xí · seat; (measure word for talks)
• 堂 táng · (measure word for lessons); hall
• 胎 tāi · foetus; birth (child number); tyre
• 摊 tān · stall; (measure word for puddles)
• 磅 bàng · pound (weight)
• 亩 mǔ · mu (unit of land, about 667 m²)
• 公顷 gōngqǐng · hectare
• 立方 lìfāng · cube; cubic metre (spoken)
• 立方米 lìfāngmǐ · cubic metre
• 人次 réncì · person-times, visits
• 百分比 bǎifēnbǐ · percentage
• 半数 bànshù · half (the number)
• 过半 guòbàn · more than half
• 不下 bùxià · no less than, at least
• 合计 héjì · to add up to, total
• 累计 lěijì · cumulative; to add up (over time)
• 总和 zǒnghé · sum, total
• 亿万 yìwàn · hundreds of millions, countless
• 双重 shuāngchóng · double, twofold
• 双向 shuāngxiàng · two-way
• 一揽子 yīlǎnzi · package (of measures, deals)
• 一连串 yīliánchuàn · a series, a string of
• 额外 éwài · extra, additional

sentences

• 美食节三天共接待游客五十万人次。 · The food festival received 500,000 visits over three days.
• 这是两码事，别混在一起说。 · Those are two different things: don’t mix them up.
• 来参加的人中，过半是年轻人。 · More than half of the people who came were young.
• 远处升起一缕炊烟。 · A wisp of cooking smoke rose in the distance.
• 门口挂着一盏红灯笼。 · A red lantern hangs by the door.