HSK 1 HSK C1/W1/V1
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Strokes

Formula

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个个(AA)
2
一个个 (一AA)
3
一个一个 (一A一A)
4
一个又一个(一A又一A)

Collocation

1
一个
2
两个
3
三个
4
几个
5
多少个
6
哪个
7
这个
8
那个
9
一个人
10
一个月
11
一个班
12
一个学校
13
一个苹果
14
一个杯子
15
一个学生

Definition

个 is a Nominal Measure Word, to express “Individual units", to classify people or objects in general.

 

Definition

1. Measure word 个 can not serve as a sentence element in isolation

2. Measure word 个 is used after numerals or demonstrative pronouns. For example:

一个 、两个、 三个……

这个、那个

3. The reduplication of monosyllabic measure words has the meaning of “every”.

【Structure】: AA —— 个个(=每个)

4. The reduplicated form of nominal measure words often serves as subjects or attributives modifying the subject.

(1)个个都是人才。(as the subject)

(2)个个战士都很勇敢。(as the attributive)

 

Usage

1.个 is the most common and multi-purpose nominal measure word. But many nouns require specific measure words. In those cases, we can not use 个.For example:

一个苹果(饺子 / 人 / 房间 / 学校 / 桌子 ……)

Note: 在表示时间段的词语中,有的必须用“个”,有的可用可不用,有的绝对不能用。For example:

(1)我等了他一个夜。(X)

(2)他来了两个年了。(X)

(3)他们去美国三月了。(X)

个 cannot be used with nouns of quantity. For example:

一天 (OK)    一个天(X)

一年(OK)     一个年(X)

一夜(OK)      一个夜(X)

两岁(OK)      两个岁(X)

个 must be used.

三个月= 90天     三月(March) 

一个半月          一半月(X)

个 may be used.

一(个)早上(中午 / 下午 / 晚上 / 春天 / 秋天/ 冬天)

三(个)星期

上(个)星期

这(个)学期 / 学年

 

2. 个 and 位 can both be quantifiers for people, but 位 has the meaning of showing respect.

 一位老人(老师 / 母亲 / 领导)

一个小偷 (OK) 

一位小偷(X)

 

3. 个 一, both as the measure words.

The phrase composed of numeral and 个 is usually used as Attributive. When it is not at the beginning of the sentence and the numeral is 一,  一 can often be omitted.

1) 有个姑娘叫小芳。= 有一个姑娘叫小芳。

2) 我买了个新手机。= 我买了一个新手机。

 

4. Quantitative phrase overlap: indicates a large number, used as attributive or adverbial in a sentence.


【Structure】一个个(一AA)

1)下课了,同学们一个个从教室里走出来。(as an adverbial adjunct)

2) 学习中的一个一个难点都被我们克服了。(as an attributive)

【Structure】一个又一个(一A又一A)

3) 最近经济不好,一个又一个的公司倒闭了。(as an attributive)

Example

个 as a Nominal Measure Word.
1
A
A
  
:
yǒu
ge
ge
哥哥
  
?
B
B
  
:
yǒu
liǎng
ge
哥哥
  

A: How many brothers do you have? B: I have two brothers.

2
guā
西瓜
duōshǎo
多少
qián
  
?
  
(
  
=
guā
西瓜
duōshǎo
多少
qián
  
?
  
)

How much is a watermelon?

Measure word “个” and “一”.
3
yǒu
  
(
  
)
ài
可爱
de
mèimei
妹妹
  

She has (a) lovely sister.

4
men
我们
bān
lái
le
  
(
  
)
xīn
tóngxué
同学
  

(a) new classmate came to our class.

5
mǎi
le
  
(
  
)
xīn
shǒu
手机
  

I bought (a) new phone.

The reduplication of monosyllabic measure words has the meaning of "every", 个个(AA)(= 每个)
6
个个
dōu
hěn
piàoliang
漂亮
  

They're all beautiful. (as a subject)

7
个个
háizi
孩子
dōu
hěn
cōngming
聪明
  

Every child is very clever.

The reduplicated form of Numeral-measure word phrase, 一个一个(一A一A)
8
Xià
下课
le
  
,
tóngxué
同学
men
cóng
jiàoshì
教室
zǒu
chūlái
出来
  

After class, the students came out of the classroom one by one.

9
Xué
学习
zhōng
de
个个
nándiǎn
难点
dōu
bèi
men
我们
克服
le
  

Every difficulty in learning has been overcome by us.

The reduplicated form of Numeral-measure word phrase, 一个又一个(一A又一A)
10
Zuìjìn
最近
jīng
经济
hǎo
不好
  
,
yòu
de
gōng
公司
dǎo
倒闭
le
  

Recently, the economy has been bad, and one company after another has gone out of business.

11
Zuìjìn
最近
jīng
经济
hǎo
不好
  
,
gōng
公司
yòu
dǎo
倒闭
le
  

The economy has been bad lately, and the company has gone out of business one after another.

Teaching Skill

语言点:

量词“个”【HSK1】教学建议

语言点解析:

“个”是汉语中最常见的一个量词,一般用于没有专用量词的名词前。

语言点操练:

教师可为学生展示选词填空练习

我想买一_______ 杯子。

他有一______妹妹。

你们班有多少_____学生?

你认识几_____中国朋友?