个 (個) ge
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ge
measure word
unit
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: The most common measure word, 个 is used to count a wide variety of things when each can be counted as an individual unit for nouns that do not have a more specialized measure word (CED '个' 1; CPT '个' 1; Guoyu '個' n 1; Ho 2002, '个'; Kroll 2015 '個' 1a, p. 132; XHZD '个' 1, p. 226). If the number of units is two then 两 should be used, not 二. For example, 把两个男孩 'two boys.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 247) 个 may also be used after an ordinal. For example, 第二个房间 'the second room.' (VOA, 2015-12-29) In literary Chinese, its use dates back to at least Northern and Southern dynasties (420–589) vernacular (Norman 1988, p. 115). For example, from the Song dynasty, 若有一个臣 'If there was a minister ...' (Zhu Xi, 1983, Preface on Commentary to the Great Learning) -
gè
measure word
before an approximate number
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (CED '个' 2; CPT '个' 2) -
gè
particle
after a verb and between its object
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
Notes: (CED '个' 4; ; CPT '个' 3; Guoyu '個' particle) -
gè
measure word
to indicate a sudden event
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: After 一 incidating suddenness (CED '个' 6; CPT '个' 5) -
gè
adjective
individual
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As part of the composite word 个人 (CED '个' 7; CPT '个' 构词; Guoyu '個' adj; Kroll 2015 '個' 1, p. 132; XHZD '个' 2, p. 226) -
gè
noun
height
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 个子 (Guoyu '個' n 2; XHZD '个' 3, p. 226) -
gè
pronoun
this
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: In the sense of 此 (Guoyu '個' pronoun; Kroll 2015 '個' 2, p. 132)
Contained in
- 个中人(個中人) a person in the know
- 个人(個人) individual; personal
- 个股(個股) share (in a listed company)
- 一个天南,一个地北(一個天南,一個地北) to live miles apart
- 半路杀出个程咬金(半路殺出個程咬金) Cheng Yaojin ambushes the enemy (saying); somebody shows up unexpectedly and disrupts the plan
- 四个现代化(四個現代化) Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations ; Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology
- 一个半(一個半) one and a half
- 个个(個個) each and every; various; each
- 个体户(個體戶) self-employed worker; a private firm
- 几个(幾個) a few; several; how many
- 个中(個中) therein; in this
- 大个儿(大個兒) tall person
- 半个(半個) half of
- 两个(兩個) two; two units
- 矮个儿(矮個兒) a person of short stature; a short person
- 我勒个去(我勒個去) shoot!; crap!
- 那个(那個) that ; auxilliary word with no meaning ; used for emphasis ; who; which
- 先进个人(先進個人) (official accolade) advanced individual; exemplary individual
- 一口吃个胖子(一口吃個胖子) to want to get fat with only one mouthful; to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible; to be impatient for success
- 哪个(哪個) which; who
- 妈了个巴子(媽了個巴子) damn you!
- 个别(個別) individual; specific; respective; just one or two
- 个数(個數) individual value
- 个人储蓄(個人儲蓄) personal savings
- 多个(多個) multiple
- 一个样(一個樣) the same
- 第五个现代化(第五個現代化) fifth modernization
- 个性(個性) individuality; personality
- 个人崇拜(個人崇拜) personality cult
- 那个人(那個人) that person; the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams
- 个人防护装备(個人防護裝備) individual protective equipment
- 这个(這個) this; this one ; expressing pondering
- 个头儿(個頭兒) size; height; stature
- 一个接一个(一個接一個) one by one; one after another
- 一个中国政策(一個中國政策) one China policy
- 三个臭皮匠,合成一个诸葛亮(三個臭皮匠,合成一個諸葛亮) three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius
- 半个人(半個人) (not) a single person; (no) one
- 个头(個頭) size; height ; (suffix) my ass!; yeah, right!
- 个人伤害(個人傷害) personal injury
- 三个和尚没水喝(三個和尚沒水喝) three monks have no water to drink; everybody's business is nobody's business
- 今儿个(今兒個) today
- 两个中国(兩個中國) two-China (policy)
- 自个儿(自個兒) oneself; by oneself
- 个展(個展) a one-person exhibition
- 下个(下個) second (of two parts); next (week etc); subsequent; the following
- 傻大个儿(傻大個兒) stupid great hulk of a man
- 这些个(這些個) these
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- 第七十四回 Chapter 74 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 55
- 第二十七回 Chapter 27 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 51
- 第七十三回 Chapter 73 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 49
- 第二回 Chapter 2 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 46
- 第四十四回 Chapter 44 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 44
- 第七十六回 Chapter 76 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 44
- 第八十六回 Chapter 86 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 44
- 第八十四回 Chapter 84 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 40
- 第八十八回 Chapter 88 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 40
- 第一百十一回 Chapter 111 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 40