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
- 那个人(那個人) that person; the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams
- 哪个(哪個) which; who
- 任一个(任一個) any one of (a list of possibilities)
- 一个头两个大(一個頭兩個大) to feel as though one's head could explode
- 一个天南,一个地北(一個天南,一個地北) to live miles apart
- 上个月(上個月) last month
- 个人崇拜(個人崇拜) personality cult
- 下一个(下一個) the next one
- 各个(各個) each and every; various; each
- 个案(個案) a case; an individual case; case-by-case
- 个中人(個中人) a person in the know
- 一个幽灵在欧洲游荡(一個幽靈在歐洲遊蕩) Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa.
- 明儿个(明兒個) tomorrow
- 到那个时候(到那個時候) until this moment
- 个人伤害(個人傷害) personal injury
- 个例(個例) specific example; rare instance
- 一个萝卜一个坑(一個蘿蔔一個坑) every turnip to its hole; each person has his own position; each to his own; horses for courses; every kettle has its lid
- 矮个儿(矮個兒) a person of short stature; a short person
- 多个(多個) multiple
- 自个儿(自個兒) oneself; by oneself
- 个中(個中) therein; in this
- 一个劲(一個勁) continuously; persistently; incessantly
- 次一个(次一個) next one (in order)
- 三个女人一个墟(三個女人一個墟) three women makes a crowd
- 几个(幾個) a few; several; how many
- 傻大个(傻大個) idiot; blockhead; clod; oaf
- 一步一个脚印(一步一個腳印) one step, one footprint; steady progress; reliable
- 个人(個人) individual ; personal; oneself ; another person; partner
- 拉个手(拉個手) to hold hands
- 个人隐私(個人隱私) personal privacy; private matters
- 单个儿(單個兒) single
- 第二个人(第二個人) the second person; (fig.) someone else; third party
- 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
- 个人主义(個人主義) individualism
- 一个接一个(一個接一個) one by one; one after another
- 多个朋友多条路(多個朋友多條路) the more friends you have, the more options you have in life
- 妈拉个巴子(媽拉個巴子) damn you!
- 一天一个样(一天一個樣) to change from day to day
- 妈了个巴子(媽了個巴子) damn you!
- 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
- 个展(個展) a one-person exhibition
- 昨儿个(昨兒個) yesterday
- 逐个(逐個) one by one; one after another
- 个头(個頭) size; height ; (suffix) my ass!; yeah, right!
- 挨个儿(挨個兒) one by one
- 个别(個別) individual; specific; respective; just one or two
- 个头儿(個頭兒) size; height; stature
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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
- 第八十八回 Chapter 88 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 40
- 第三十一回 Chapter 31 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 40
- 第七十五回 Chapter 75 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 40