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名量词

míng liàng cí

3-character word Traditional 名量詞

What 名量词 means

1. nominal classifier (in Chinese grammar)
2. measure word applying mainly to nouns

The characters in 名量词

• 名míngname; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners)
• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount
• 词cíword; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty…

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