Kilo Lingo

个

gè

Traditional: 個

HSK 1
#62 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

general measure word for people and things

Stroke order

Stroke order for 个

个

Examples

。

I have three younger brothers.

袋dài。

Please give me a bag.

。

That person is my teacher.

桌zhuō杯bēi。

There are two cups on the table.

苹píng。

I ate three apples.

Related words

那个

that one, that (with general measure word)

人

person, people

事

matter, affair, thing (abstract)

一个

one (with general measure word)

这个

this one, this (with general measure word)

Appears in 12 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 个.

一个yí gèone (with general measure word)这个zhè gethis one, this (with general measure word)那个nà gethat one, that (with general measure word)两个liǎng gètwo (with measure word ge)每个měi gèevery, each person or thing几个jǐ gèa few, several, how many (with ge)有个yǒu gèthere is a (colloquial existential)整个zhěng gèthe whole, entire, the full那个nà gèthat one, that (thing/person)三个sān gèthree (things/people)个人gè rénindividual, personal第一个dì yī gèthe first one

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