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个 (gè) means "(generic classifier); individual; single". It is an HSK 3.0 level 1 word, and was HSK 1 in the old six-level list.
What 个 means
- (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)
- bound formindividual
How 个 is used in grammar
个 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.
- Number-Measure Phrases (HSK 1)
The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 1, measure words (名量词).
Other readings
Example sentences
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哪个？Which one?
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七个？Seven?
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听这个！Listen to this!
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念这个。Read this.
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那个呀！That one!
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哪一个？Which one?
Words starting with 个
- 个人gè rénan individual; oneself; (attributive) personal; one's own
- 个子gè zistature; height; size (of a person or object); (agriculture) bundle of cereal stalks tied…
- 个性gè xìngindividuality; personality
- 个别gè biéindividually; one by one; just one or two; exceptional; rare
- 个体gè tǐan individual; self-employed individual; small business operator (abbr. for 个体户
- 个头gè tóusize; height
- 个数gè shùnumber of items or individuals
- 个儿gè rsize; height; stature
- 个案gè ànindividual case; special case
- 个性化gè xìng huàto personalize; to customize; customization
- 个把gè bǎ(colloquial) about one; one or so
- 个体户gè tǐ hùself-employed; a private firm (PRC usage)
- 个人所得税gè rén suǒ dé shuìpersonal income tax
- 个展gè zhǎna one-person exhibition
- 个位gè wèithe units place (or column) in the decimal system
- 个例gè lìspecific example; rare instance
- 个人主义gè rén zhǔ yìindividualism
- 个人崇拜gè rén chóng bàipersonality cult
- 个个gè gèeach one individually; each and every
- 个中gè zhōngtherein; in this
- 个中人gè zhōng réna person in the know
- 个资gè zī(Taiwan) personal information (abbr. for 个人资料
- 个护gè hùpersonal care (abbr. for 个人护理
- 个体经济学gè tǐ jīng jì xué(Taiwan) microeconomics
Words containing 个
- 这个zhè ge(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 那个nà gethat one; that thing; that (as opposed to this)
- 每个měi gèeach; every
- 整个zhěng gèwhole; entire; total
- 哪个nǎ gewhich; who
- 各个gè gèevery; various; separately, one by one
- 一个劲yī gè jìncontinuously; persistently; incessantly
- 一个半yī ge bànone and a half
- 三个代表Sān gè Dài biǎothe Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang…
- 自个儿zì gě r(dialect) oneself; by oneself
- 上个月shàng gè yuèlast month
- 高个子gāo gè zitall person; (of a person) tall
- 单个dān gesingle; alone; individually
- 挨个āi gèone by one; in turn
- 真个zhēn gè(dialect) really; truly; indeed
- 今儿个jīn r ge(colloquial) today
- 一步一个脚印yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìnone step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress; reliable
- 四个现代化sì ge xiàn dài huàDeng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s…
- 我这个人wǒ zhè ge rénme personally; the sort of person I am
- 上个shàng gefirst (of two parts); last (week etc); previous
- 下个xià gesecond (of two parts); next (week etc); subsequent
- 多个duō gemany; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)
- 这些个zhè xiē gethese
- 下个月xià gè yuènext month
Sounds the same
Read gè, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 各each; every
- 铬chromium (chemistry)
- 硌(colloquial) (of sth hard or rough) to press against some part of one's body causing…
- 虼used in 虼蚤; used in 虼螂
- 𠮶that (Cantonese); Mandarin equivalent: 那
- 膈used in 膈应
- 亇variant of 个
Where 个 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of Measure Words, Money and Age (HSK 1), HSK 1 Characters · Set 2 (HSK 1), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
Go deeper
- Every HSK 1 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gè correctly.
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