Beginner Grammar Clinic HSK 1-2 Required 10 words

Measure Words and Ownership

Count starter nouns and connect them to people without skipping measure words.

Goal

Learners can use number-measure-noun phrases with common possession patterns.

Make three new sentences with this module’s grammar pattern and support words.

grammar clinic pattern practice support vocabulary

我有三个朋友。

Wǒ yǒu sān ge péngyou.

I have three friends.

这是妈妈的一杯茶。

Zhè shì māma de yì bēi chá.

This is Mom’s cup of tea.

Count people and things with the basic measure word pattern.

我有三个朋友。

I have three friends.

Use 个 between the number and the noun.

她买了两本书。

She bought two books.

Books use 本.

请给我一杯水。

Please give me a glass of water.

Drinks in cups can use 杯.

我有三本书。

I have three books.

Use 三 for three.

个

gè

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Meanings

(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier) (bound form) individual

Word	Pinyin	Meaning	Level	Dictionary
个	gè	(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier)	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
本	běn	root	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 5	Dictionary
杯	bēi	cup	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
两	liǎng	two	HSK 2.0 2 HSK 3.0 4	Dictionary
三	sān	three	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
苹果	píng guǒ	apple	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
水	shuǐ	water	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
茶	chá	tea	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
朋友	péng you	friend	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary
东西	dōng xi	thing	HSK 2.0 1 HSK 3.0 1	Dictionary