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individual things, people — generic measure word (usage of this classifier in conjunction with any noun is generally accepted if the person does not know the proper classifier) 根: gēn gan1: gan1 kun thin, slender, pole, stick objects (needles 針 / 针, pillars 支柱, telegraph poles, matchsticks, etc.); strands 絲 / 丝 (e.g. hair ...
In Chinese, a numeral cannot usually quantify a noun by itself; instead, the language relies on classifiers, commonly also referred to as measure words. [note 2] When a noun is preceded by a number, a demonstrative such as this or that, or certain quantifiers such as every, a classifier must normally be inserted before the noun. [1]
Beizi (Chinese: 褙子; pinyin: bèizi), also known as beizi (Chinese: 背子; pinyin: bēizi) [1] [2] and chuozi (Chinese: 綽子; pinyin: chuòzi), [3] is an item worn in traditional Chinese attire common to both men and women; [3] it is typically a large loose outer coat with loose and long sleeves.
The corresponding Chinese term is liàngcí (simplified Chinese: 量词; traditional Chinese: 量詞), which can be directly translated as "quantity word". Most measure words in English correspond to units of measurement or containers, and are themselves count nouns rather than grammatical particles :
List of informal wear Romanization Hanzi Definition Description Period Images Zhíjū: 直裾 Straight lapelled, full body garment. Pre-Qin – Han Qūjū: 曲裾 Diagonal body wrapped, full body garment. Pre-Qin – Han Kùzhě: 裤褶 Clothing with trousers for riding or military style clothing. [3] [4] A short coat with trousers. Pre-Qin ...
Banbi (Chinese: 半臂; lit. 'half-arm'), [1] also known as banxiu (Chinese: 半袖; lit. 'half-sleeves') [2] and sometimes referred as beizi (Chinese: 褙子) or half-beizi (i.e. short-sleeved beizi) before the term beizi eventually came to refer to a long-sleeved beizi in the Song dynasty, [3] and referred as dahu in the Yuan dynasty, [2] is an upper garment item in Hanfu.
The bixi originated from primitive clothing back when animal hides were used to cover the abdomen and the genitals. [2] During the Shang dynasty, the basic style of clothing for men and women consisted of yichang and bixi. [6] Among many other types of female clothing items, the bixi was listed in tomb inventories dating from 361 AD. [7]
The Chinese word for metre is 米 mǐ; this can take the Chinese standard SI prefixes (for "kilo-", "centi-", etc.). A kilometre, however, may also be called 公里 gōnglǐ, i.e. a metric lǐ. In the engineering field, traditional units are rounded up to metric units. For example, the Chinese word 絲 (T) or 丝 (S) sī is used to express 0.01 mm.