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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.

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=== <span id="Structure" class="mw-headline">Structure</span> ===

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The grammar pattern is very similar to English. For example, &quot;看三次&quot; and &quot;saw three times&quot; 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.

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


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== <span id="See_also" class="mw-headline">See also</span> ==

* [https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_words_for_counting Measure words for counting]
* [https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_words_to_differentiate Measure words to differentiate]
* [https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_words_in_quantity_questions Measure words in quantity questions]

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