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  • 1

    measure wordused before nouns without fixed measure words of their own

    • bāng wǒ gè máng ba

      Do me a favour, please.

    • nǐ shuō gè huà a

      Say something.

    • wǒ yǒu yī gè lǐ xiǎng

      理想

      I have one ideal.

  • 2

    n.infmlsize

    • gè tóu r

      头儿

      size

  • 3

    adj.individual

    • gè rén

      individual

    • gè bié rén

      others

    • gè tǐ

      individual

    synonym
    antonym
  • 4

    measure word(used to replace certain measure words)

    • zǒu gè bǎi shí bù

      walk over a hundred steps

    • zhè diǎn huó yǒu gè liǎng sān tiān jiù gàn wán le

      This bit of work can easily be finished in a couple of days.

    • gē liǎ yě bù guò chà gè liǎng sān suì

      There are only two or three years in age between the two brothers.

  • 5

    measure wordused between a verb and its object

    • shuō gè huà

      say something

    • gǎn gè chē

      catch a car

    • jiàn gè miàn

      meet a person

  • 6

    measure wordinfmlused between a verb and its complement

    • chī gè bǎo

      eat until full

    • yǔ xià gè bù tíng

      It keeps raining.

    • xiào gè bù tíng

      laugh and laugh

  • 7

    auxiliary wordused after 些 to emphasize how many of something

    • nà xiē gè niǎo bù tài huì fēi

      那些

      Those birds cannot fly.

    • wǒ men yǒu xiē gè wèn tí xū yào qù jiě jué

      我们有些问题需要解决

      We have some problems to solve.

    • nà xiē gè huā

      那些

      all those flowers

  • 8

    auxiliary worddialsimilar in meaning to "on a certain day"

    • qián r gè

      前儿

      day before yesterday

    • zuó r gè

      昨儿

      yesterday

    • jīn r gè

      今儿

      today

Words and phrases with 个

Word usage

  • Note
    "个" is pronounced as "gě" only in spoken language, such as "自个儿".

Similar-form characters to 个

Chinese Characters with pinyin

  • each/every; respectively
  • chromium
  • diaphragm
  • press or rub against