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量词

liàng cí

2-character word Traditional 量詞

What 量词 means

1. classifier (in Chinese grammar)
2. measure word

The characters in 量词

• 量liàngcapacity; quantity; amount
• 词cíword; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty…

Example sentences

• 你读那本书需要大量词汇。
  Nǐ dú nà běn shū xūyào dàliàng cíhuì.
  You need a large vocabulary to read that book.

Words containing 量词

• 动量词dòng liàng cíverbal classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word applying mainly to verbs
• 名量词míng liàng cínominal classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word applying mainly to nouns
• 数量词shù liàng cínumeral-classifier compound (e.g. 一次