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  <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>

  <h2>Contents</h2>

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    <li>Structure<br/></li>

    <li>Examples<br/></li>

    <li>See also<br/></li>

    <li>Sources and further reading<br/></li>

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      <li>Books<br/></li>
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  <h3 id="structure">Structure</h3>

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      Verb + Number + Measure Word
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  <p>The grammar pattern is very similar to English. For example, "<span class="hanzi">看三次</span>" and "<b>saw three times</b>" mirror each other in structure. In Chinese sentences, these measure words can either come after the verb (as a complement) or before the word (<b>as an adverb</b>). You should also know that, like nouns, some verbs have special measure words to go with them. The basic verbal measure word, however, is <span class="hanzi">次</span>.</p>

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      <li><span class="hanzi">去 过 两 次</span> <span class="pinyin">qù guo liǎng cì</span><br/><span> have been there twice.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">说 了 很 多 次</span> <span class="pinyin">shuō le hěn duō cì</span><br/><span> have said it many times.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">读 两 遍</span> <span class="pinyin">dú liǎng biàn</span><br/><span> Read it twice.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">已经 听 了 十几 遍</span> <span class="pinyin">yǐjīng tīng le shí jǐ biàn</span><br/><span> have already listened to it more than ten times.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">打 了 三 下</span> <span class="pinyin">dǎ le sān xià</span><br/><span> Hit three times.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

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    <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>
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