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- <h1>Approximating with sequential numbers</h1>
- <p>Expressing approximate numbers in Chinese is quite simple, and this article introduces one of the most basic ways to do so.</p>
- <h2 id="structure">Structure</h2>
- <p>An easy way to express approximate numbers is to use <b>two sequential numbers</b> in a row.</p>
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- <p>Number + (Number + 1)</p>
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- <p>This is similar to saying "<b>x or y</b>" or "<b>about x</b>" in English.</p>
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- <li><span class="hanzi"><span class="fondjaune">一 两</span> 天</span> <br/><span class="pinyin"><span class="fondjaune">yī liǎng</span> tiān</span><br/> one or two days</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi"><span class="fondjaune">三 四</span> 个 人</span><br/><span class="pinyin"><span class="fondjaune">sān sì</span> gè rén</span> <br/>three or four people</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">老板 昨天 喝 了<span class="fondjaune">七 八</span> 瓶 胡萝卜 汁 。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Lǎobǎn zuótiān hē le <span class="fondjaune">qī bā</span> píng húluóbo zhī.</span> <br/>The boss drank 7 or 8 bottles of carrot juice yesterday.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">这 个 词 我们 学 过 <span class="fondjaune">两 三</span> 次 了 。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Zhège cí wǒmen xué guo <span class="fondjaune">liǎng sān</span> cì le.</span> <br/>We've studied this word two or three times now.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">我 等 了 你 <span class="fondjaune">三 四</span> 个 小时。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Wǒ děng le nǐ <span class="fondjaune">sān sì</span> gè xiǎoshí.</span><br/> I waited for you for three or four hours.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">他们 <span class="fondjaune">七 八</span> 年 没 见面 了 。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Tāmen <span class="fondjaune">qī bā</span> nián méi jiànmiàn le.</span> <br/>They haven't seen each other for seven or eight years.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">要 做 完 这 个 工作 需要 <span class="fondjaune">一 两</span> 个 月 。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Yào zuò wán zhège gōngzuò xūyào <span class="fondjaune">yī liǎng</span> gè yuè.</span> <br/>To complete this work, you need one to two months.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">他们 家 的 孩子<span class="fondjaune">五 六</span> 岁 了 吧 。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Tāmen jiā de háizi <span class="fondjaune">wǔ liù</span> suì le ba.</span><br/> Their child is about five or six years old.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">这 件 衣服 只 要 <span class="fondjaune">七 八 十</span> 块 钱 。</span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Zhè jiàn yīfu zhǐ yào <span class="fondjaune">qī bā shí</span> kuài qián.</span> <br/>This clothing only costs seventy to eighty kuai.</li>
- <li><span class="hanzi">这 几 本 书 花 了 我 <span class="fondjaune">两 三 百</span> </span> <br/><span class="pinyin">Zhè jǐ běn shū huā le wǒ <span class="fondjaune">liǎng sān bǎi</span> </span> <br/>These few books cost me two or three hundred kuai.</li>
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- <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
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- <li><a href="Indicating_a_number_in_excess" title="wikilink">Indicating a number in excess</a></li>
- <li><a href="Measure_words_for_counting" title="wikilink">Measure words for counting</a></li>
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- <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>
- <h3 id="books">Books</h3>
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- <li>A Practical Chinese Grammar For Foreigners (<span class="hanzi">外国人实用汉语语法</span>) (p. 60)</li>
- <li>Chinese: An Essential Grammar, Second Edition (pp. 19-20)</li>
- <li>40 Lessons for Basic Chinese Course (<span class="hanzi">基础汉语40课下册</span>） (p. 459)</li>
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