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<h1>Measure words for verbs
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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>

  
<div class="contents"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1 Structure </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2 Examples </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">3 See also </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4 Sources and further reading </span></li>
<ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4.1 Books</span></li>
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<h3>Structure</h3>

<div class="deux">Verb + Number + Measure Word</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>Examples</h3>

<div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">再 说 一 遍 。
Zài shuō yī biàn.
Say it again. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你 能 再 读 一 遍 吗 ？
Nǐ néng zài dú yī biàn ma?
Could you please read it again? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">这个 电影 我 看 过 两 遍 。
Zhège diànyǐng wǒ kàn guo liǎng biàn.
I've seen this movie twice. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">这个 故事 我 听 她 说 过 一 百 多 遍 了 。
Zhège gùshi wǒ tīng tā shuō guo yī bǎi duō biàn le.
I've heard her tell this story more than one hundred times. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我们 去 过 两 次 。
Wǒme qù guo liǎng cì.
We've been there twice. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">我 问 了 他 很 多 次 ，可是 他 不 告诉 我 。
Wǒ wèn le tā hěn duō cì, kěshì tā bù gàosu wǒ.
I've asked him about it many times, but he wouldn't tell me. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">这个 问题 我们 讨论 过 几 次 。
Zhège wèntí wǒmen tǎolùn guo jǐ cì.
We've discussed this a few times. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">那个 红 头发 的 男孩 打 了 我 三 下 。
Nàge hóng tóufa de nánhái dǎ le wǒ sān xià.
That red-haired boy hit me three times. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">他 轻轻 地 拍 了 我 两 下 。
Tā qīngqīng de pāi le wǒ liǎng xià.
He very lightly pat me twice. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">你 没 听见 吗 ？我 敲 了 好 几 下 。
Nǐ méi tīngjiàn ma? Wǒ qiāo le hǎo jǐ xià.
Did you not hear the door? I knocked quite a few times.</span><br/></li>
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<h3>See also</h3>

<div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Measure words for counting </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Measure words to differentiate </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Measure words in quantity questions</span><br/></li>
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<h3>Sources and further reading
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<h4>Books</h4>
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