Abstract Measure Words
gaoxiaoshan
August 05, 2007, 05:36 PM posted in General DiscussionAs one's vocabulary gets larger and larger, does anyone seem to fumble with the correct measure words? Sometimes even listening to them in a sentence can totally throw you off and confuse me. Just wondering if anyone has a list (outside this site) of measure words paired with their more commonly used nouns. Especially the more abstract ones. Thanks in advance.
高小山
gaoxiaoshan
August 05, 2007, 06:04 PMThanks! Very helpful
wei1xiao4
August 05, 2007, 06:35 PMGreat list. Thanks!
pretzellogic
March 02, 2011, 10:24 PMprobably once a year, a thread like this needs to be dug up from the grave, and made to do the funky chicken or the bugaloo.
bababardwan
hehe, well if you're going to do that mate, we're going to have to demand of you the MW's for both funky chicken and bugaloo, ..that should bring it back to life, wouldn't you agree?
bababardwan
场...I presume you meant boogaloo?
pretzellogic
Oh, ok, 1只funky chicken, yi 只bugaloo.
bababardwan
hehe, yeah I thought of 只。 I guess if we're sticking with bugaloo we could stick with 只 there, or go with 条 for things like 蜻蜓
pretzellogic
well, I remember bugaloo from a TV show when I was a kid. Maybe it is boogaloo..... and I was thinking yi 条 boogaloo.... tell you what, mate, you pick. I just finished running, so i've got runner's delirium.
bababardwan
hehe, yeah, I know the feeling. It's like now try and learn some new moves
henning
August 05, 2007, 05:42 PMHi gaoxiaoshan, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_measure_word