Learn Universal Chinese Measure Word – Ge (个)

Chinese language comes with numerous measure words.

In fact, there are hundreds of measure words in Mandarin Chinese.

How to say “measure word” in Chinese?

• 量 (liàng): Measure
• 词 (cí): Word
• 量词 (liàng cí): Classifier; measure word

A classifier or measure word is called Liang Ci in Chinese.

How many Chinese measure words do you know?

Well, it can be challenging for the beginners to remember all measure words.

In case you are not sure which measure word to use, you can use the universal measure word called Ge.

• 个 (gè): Each; individual
• 个 is a measure word for so many things, including person.

Example Chinese Sentences

• 一个人。
• Yīgè rén.
• One person.

• 我一个人来中国。
• Wǒ yīgè rén lái zhōngguó.
• I came to China alone.

• 一个学校。
• Yīgè xuéxiào.
• One school (campus).