<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta name="generator" content= "HTML Tidy for HTML5 for Linux version 5.2.0" /> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>When a verb is done more than once, it also requires a measure word to accompany it. This way the measure word is acting as a way to count the frequency or re-occurrence of an action.</p> <h3 id="structure">Structure</h3> <div class="jiegou"> <p>Verb + Number + Measure Word</p> </div> <p>The grammar pattern is very similar to English. For example, "看三次" and "saw three times" mirror each other in structure. In Chinese sentences, these measure words can either come after the verb (as a complement) or before the word (as an adverb). You should also know that, like nouns, some verbs have special measure words to go with them. The basic verbal measure word, however, is 次.</p> <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3> <div class="liju"> <ul> <li>去 过 两 <em>次</em> <span class="pinyin">qù guo liǎng <em>cì</em></span><span class="trans">have been there twice.</span></li> <li>说 了 很 多 <em>次</em> <span class="pinyin">shuō le hěn duō <em>cì</em></span><span class="trans">have said it many times.</span></li> <li>读 两 <em>遍</em> <span class="pinyin">dú liǎng <em>biàn</em></span><span class="trans">Read it twice.</span></li> <li>已经 听 了 十几 <em>遍</em> <span class="pinyin">yǐjīng tīng le shí jǐ <em>biàn</em></span><span class="trans">have already listened to it more than ten times.</span></li> <li>打 了 三 <em>下</em><span class="pinyin">dǎ le sān <em>xià</em></span><span class="trans">Hit three times.</span></li> </ul> </div> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li><a href="Measure_words_for_counting" title="wikilink">Measure words for counting</a></li> <li><a href="Measure_words_to_differentiate" title= "wikilink">Measure words to differentiate</a></li> <li><a href="Measure_words_in_quantity_questions" title= "wikilink">Measure words in quantity questions</a></li> </ul> <p><a href="Category:B1_grammar_points" title= "wikilink">Category:B1 grammar points</a></p> </body> </html>