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1. 一个 (yī gè): "one (measure word for general use)". Used to count people, animals, objects, and events.
2. 两个 (liǎng gè): "two (measure word for general use)". Used to count people, animals, objects, and events.
3. 几个 (jǐ gè): "several (measure word for general use)". Used to count people, animals, objects, and events.
4. 这个 (zhè gè): "this (measure word for general use)". Used to refer to a specific person, animal, object, or event.
5. 那个 (nà gè): "that (measure word for general use)". Used to refer to a specific person, animal, object, or event.
6. 每个 (měi gè): "each (measure word for general use)". Used to refer to every single person, animal, object, or event.
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个 (gè) is a measure word for general use, and is used when there is no other specific measure word for the noun. It is also used when the noun is uncountable, or when the exact number is unknown.
For example, 一个人 (yí gè rén) means "one person", and 一些东西 (yì xiē dōngxi) means "some things".
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Actually, rén does have its own measure word, wei. It seems like wei might be used as a bit more formal, for example, if the conductor is asking how many people are in a compartment, or if you are telling the hostess at a restaurant how many people are in your party. If I am wrong about that, I hope someone will let me know.
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The measure word 位 can be used for 顾客 (customer), but please note that we don't usually use 位 for 人. We usually do not say 一位人. Instead, we would say 一个人.
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Thank you for the comment!
We have added the suggested phrases to our dictionary:
这些菜都是我自己种的，今天让你们吃个新鲜。 / 這些菜都是我自己種的，今天讓你們吃個新鮮。 [zhe4 xie1 cai4 dou1 shi4 wo3 zi4 ji3 zhong4 de5 ,jin1 tian1 rang4 ni3 men5 chi1 ge4 xin1 xian3 .] , (phr) All these veggies are grown by myself; today I’ll let you eat them fresh.
我们已经三年没见了，今天一见面就说个不停。 / 我們已經三年沒見了，今天一見面就說個不停。 [wo3 men5 yi3 jing1 san1 nian2 mei2 jian4 le5 , jin1 tian1 yi2 jian4 mian4 jiu4 shuo1 ge4 bu4 ting2 .] , (phr) We haven't seen each other for three years; today as soon as we saw each other, we started talking nonstop.
Updates are available online on our website, they will appear in the app with the next update.
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Agreed that it's often pronounced in the neutral when used as a measure word. :)
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Yes agreeing the character '个' natural system is called by 4the tone. :)
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