Learning Chinese Measure Words (Illustrated)

Learning Chinese Measure Words is a book than includes 192 Chinese measure words grouped by theme. Once students have studied a certain measure word, the book offers readings, sentences and dialogues that put them in context, which is helpful to understand how they must be used. Chinese measure words must be used to inform the specific amount or of a noun and they belong to different groups. 

Texts of the book that put in context each measure word are written in Chinese and pinyin. Tables with examples are written in Chinese, pinyin and also in English. The vocabulary and texts of the book are suitable for students of levels 4 or 5 of HSK. 

The book finishes with 2 index: the first one with the words alphabetically ordered and the second one with similar measure words that might cause confusion to the learners. 

Description by the publishers

A valuable resource for new learners of Chinese to comprehensively learn common measure words through clear explanations and examples. Contains 192 measure words and 470 easy passages illustrating their usage. Passages are accompanied by Pinyin and 162 illustration. .Includes vocabulary selected from the new Chinese Proficiency Test (HSK) syllabus, with Pinyin and English meanings attached to the words from the neHSK Levels 4 and 5 syllabi. A to Z listings of measure words with a phonetic index for fast referencing. Easy-to-find comparisons of similar measure words. Provides lists of common collocations for nominal and verbal measure words