Measure word
- 条 tiáo strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) attested in use
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
- 套 tào to cover; to encase; cover; sheath; to overlap; to interleave; to model after; to copy; formula; harness; loop of rope... attested in use
- 台 tái typhoon attested in use
- 件 jiàn item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc attested in use
- 本 běn (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current... attested in use
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 西晉 - See all 14 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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「我得买点新衣服了,」狄马想。
"I really need some new clothes," thought Dima.
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10分钟后,他们换了个新话题。
After ten minutes, they passed on to a new topic.
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Jack买不起新自行车。
Jack can't afford to buy a new bicycle.
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Tom买了辆崭新的车。
Tom bought a car brand-new.
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一个是新的,另一个是旧的。
One is new, and the other is old.
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一开始许多事情看上去不同了,但我很快习惯了我的新生活。
At first many things seemed different, but I soon got involved in my new life.
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上个月我买了一台新电脑。
I bought a new computer last month.
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下个月我们会有辆新车。
We're getting a new car next month.