{"id":9477,"date":"2017-11-18T09:35:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T09:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/?p=9477"},"modified":"2022-05-04T06:57:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T06:57:58","slug":"chinese-measure-words-time-units-measure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/chinese-measure-words-time-units-measure.html","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Measure Words (Part 7): Time, Units of Measure"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/chinese-measure-words\">Introduction &amp; Full List<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/chinese-measure-words-people-animals-plants.html\">Part 1:&nbsp; People, Animals, Plants<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/chinese-measure-words-size-shape-wrapped-items.html\">Part 2:&nbsp; Size &amp; Shape, Wrapped Items<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/chinese-measure-words-events-buildings-structures.html\">Part 3:&nbsp; Events, Buildings &amp; Structures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/chinese-measure-words-foods-household-items-clothing.html\">Part 4:&nbsp; Foods, Household Items, Clothing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/chinese-measure-words-pairs-groups-collections.html\">Part 5:&nbsp; Pairs, Groups, Collections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/chinese-measure-words-speech-writing-machines-vehicles.html\">Part 6:&nbsp; Speech &amp; Writing, Machines &amp; Vehicles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Part 7:&nbsp; Time, Units of Measure<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Time<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mesure-words-time.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/mesure-words-time.jpg\" alt=\"mesure words time\" width=\"800\" height=\"728\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of the words designating units of time are &#8220;their own&#8221; measure words.&nbsp; The rest are used in combination with the generic \u4e2a (ge).<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u79d2<\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong>mi\u01ceo<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>second<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u4e00\u79d2\u949f&nbsp;(y\u012b mi\u01ceo zh\u014dng) &#8220;one second&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u5206<\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong>f\u0113n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>minute<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u4e00\u5206\u949f&nbsp;(y\u012b f\u0113nzh\u014dng) &#8220;one minute&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u5929<\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong>ti\u0101n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>day<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u4e00\u5929&nbsp;(y\u012b ti\u0101n) &#8220;one day&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u65e5<\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong>r\u00ec<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>day<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u4e00\u65e5&nbsp;(y\u012b r\u00ec) &#8220;one day&#8221; (used in literature and journalism)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u5468<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">(\u9031)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<td><strong>zh\u014du<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>week<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u4e00\u5468&nbsp;(y\u012b zh\u014du) &#8220;one week&#8221; (used in literature and journalism)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u5e74<\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong>ni\u00e1n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>year<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u4e00\u5e74&nbsp;(y\u012b ni\u00e1n) &#8220;one year&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u4ee3<\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong>d\u00e0i<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>era, generation<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u4e0a\u4e00\u4ee3&nbsp;(sh\u00e0ng y\u012bd\u00e0i) &#8220;the previous generation&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u4e0b\u4e00\u4ee3&nbsp;(xi\u00e0 y\u012bd\u00e0i) &#8220;the next generation&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u4e2a<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">(\u500b)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<td><strong>g\u00e8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>unit<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u4e00\u4e2a\u5c0f\u65f6&nbsp;(y\u012bg\u00e8 xi\u01ceosh\u00ed)&nbsp;&#8220;one hour&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u4e00\u4e2a\u949f\u5934&nbsp;(y\u012bg\u00e8 zh\u014dngt\u00f3u) &#8220;one hour&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u4e00\u4e2a\u661f\u671f&nbsp;(y\u012bg\u00e8 x\u012bngq\u00ed) &#8220;one week&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u4e00\u4e2a\u793c\u62dc&nbsp;(y\u012bg\u00e8 l\u01d0b\u00e0i) &#8220;one week&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u4e00\u4e2a\u6708&nbsp;(y\u012bg\u00e8 yu\u00e8) &#8220;one month&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u4e00\u4e2a\u5e74\u4ee3&nbsp;(y\u012bg\u00e8 ni\u00e1nd\u00e0i) &#8220;one decade&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u4e00\u4e2a\u4e16\u7eaa&nbsp;(y\u012b g\u00e8 sh\u00ecj\u00ec) &#8220;one century&#8221;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Units of Measure<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/measure-words-units.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9479\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.digmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/measure-words-units.jpg\" alt=\"measure words units\" width=\"600\" height=\"452\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Units of measure generally follow the grammatical structure of other measure words.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u65a4<\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong>j\u012bn<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>unit of weight&nbsp;(~0.5 kg)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u5428<\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong>d\u016bn<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>unit of weight&nbsp;(ton)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u78c5<\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong>b\u00e0ng<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>unit of weight (pound)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u576a<\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong>p\u00edng<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>unit of area&nbsp;(~0.6 m<sup>2<\/sup>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u5757<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">(\u584a)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<td><strong>ku\u00e0i<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>monetary unit&nbsp;(1 yuan)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u6bdb<\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong>m\u00e1o<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>monetary unit (1\/10 yuan)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u7b14<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">(\u7b46)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<td><strong>b\u01d0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>an unspecified amount of money<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u5bf8<\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong>c\u00f9n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>one inch (~1\/30 m)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u5c3a<\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong>ch\u01d0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>one foot (~1\/3 m)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">\u91cc<\/span><\/th>\n<td><strong>l\u01d0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>unit of distance&nbsp;(~0.5 km)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 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