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Measure word

• 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
• 次 cì next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc); secondary; vice-; sub-; infra-; inferior quality; substandard... attested in use

Stroke order

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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

• Warring States script 戰國.燕
• Small seal script
• See all 3 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• ­很多人学日语是为了看漫画。

  Many people study Japanese so they can read manga.

• “上周你看电视了吗？”“没有，我没看。”

  "Did you watch TV last week?" "No, I didn't."

• “你什么时候回来？”“这都要看天气。”

  "When will you come back?" "It all depends on the weather."

• “你对市长选举怎么看？”“我不知道。”

  "What do you think of the election for mayor?" "I don't know."

• “这看上去很有意思。”Hiroshi说道。

  "This looks pretty interesting," Hiroshi says.

• Davis先生看上去很累。

  Mr Davis looks very tired.

• Emi看上去很幸福。

  Emi looks happy.

• Jimmy经常周末来看我。

  Jimmy often comes to see me on weekends.

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