Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
Character breakdown
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
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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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Clerical script 西漢 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 4 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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「他们又要罢工了吗？」「恐怕是的。」
"Will they go on strike again?" "I'm afraid so."
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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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FSI人员：“长官，有一个网站，任何人都可以加上一个外国语言的句子！“。FSI主席：“什么？ 炸掉他们！“。
FSI officer: "Sir, there is a website where ANYONE can add a sentence in a foreign language!". FSI president: "What?! Bomb them!".
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Ray乐于证实Gary的故事，但警察仍然不相信他们其中一个说的是事实。
Ray was willing to corroborate Gary's story, but the police were still unconvinced that either of them were telling the truth.
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Tatoeba:句子永远是句子，除非他们不是。
Tatoeba: Where sentences are always sentences, except when they aren't.
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一个真正的德国人无法忍受法国人，但他很愿意喝他们的酒。
A true German can't stand the French, yet willingly he drinks their wines.
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不仅他们，连我也被老师罚了。
Not only they but also I was scolded by the teacher.
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不要太严格，他们只是小孩。
Don't be too strict. They're just kids.