BASIC MEASURE WORDS
1. 个 [ge] GENERIC MEASURE WORD
one person → 一个人 [yí ge rén]
2. 口 [kǒu] PEOPLE LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE
How many people in your family? We (are) five people.
你家有几口人？ 我家有五口人。
Nǐ jiā yǒu jǐ kǒu rén? Wǒ jiā wǔ kǒu rén.
3. 本 [běn] BOOKS,...
two books → 两本书 [liǎng běn shū]
4. 快 [kuài] MONEY, PIECE OF, WATCHES,...
five monetary units 五块 [wǔ kuài]
Translate these sentences into Chinese using measure words
- three students 三个学生 [sān ge xuésheng]
- We are nine people in my family. 我们家有九口人。[Wǒmen jiā yǒu jiǔ kǒu rén.]
- four teachers 四个老师 [sì ge lǎoshī]
- two cups 两个杯子 [liǎng gè bēizi]
- six apples 六个苹果 [liù ge píngguǒ]
- five dictionaries 五本词典 [wǔ běn cídiǎn]
- twelve magazines 十二本杂志 [shí'èr běn zázhì]
- two monetary units 两块 [liǎng kuài]
- a piece of cake 一块蛋糕 [yí kuài dàngāo]
- I have three watches 我有三块手表。Wǒ yǒu sān kuài shǒubiǎo.