Learn Chinese for Free—Lesson 34

Lesson 34 of 360

Today's Chinese characters:

陈黄周

The other Chinese characters contained in this lesson have already been studied previously. You can just click on them and go back to the corresponding lesson.

Today, a few more very common surnames. Do you have any friend with one of these surnames? With one of them you will also learn a simple alternative for the days of the week.

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Characters' Essentials

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chén
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-Chen, a surname (the n.5 most common Chinese surname)
-Lay out, put on display; stale, old (in this lesson, is not used with these meanings)
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huáng
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-Huang, a surname (the n.7 most common Chinese surname)
-Yellow; pornographic (in this lesson, is not used with these meanings)
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zhōu
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-Zhou, a surname (the n.10 most common Chinese surname)
-Week

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zhōu      
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Monday
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zhōu   èr   
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Tuesday
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zhōu   sān   
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Wednesday
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zhōu      
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Thursday
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zhōu      
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Friday
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zhōu   liù   
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Saturday
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zhōu      
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Sunday


Dialogue 32

A:
老师
B:
A:
他们老师
B:
A:

Did you notice the phrase ""?

As you can see, between the number , and the noun there's no measure word! Why?

Sentence Structure 30
Numeral-Measure Compounds acting as modifiers

In modern Chinese, numerals are generally not used to modify nouns directly. One needs to put specific measure words between them.

Examples


技师
律师


Sentence Structure 31
Measure Words Omission—Part 1

Under certain circumstances, the measure word between a numeral and a noun is often omitted. Here we pay special attention to one specific situation.

When the numeral is a big number and the noun refers to people, then the measure word can be (and usually is) omitted.

Examples

朋友
医生
亿


Dialogue 33

A:
认识老师他们老师老师老师老师老师
B:
认识老师老师老师老师


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