micah

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From :   micahw

Date : 2009-09-13 / 05:33PM

Nin hao Benny lao shi,

May I know what is the appropriate measure word to be used before the following objects:

1) A tree
2) A ball
3) A “slice” of chicken
4) A “bouquet” of flower

xie xie ni. xia ci jian

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benny

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 Benny the Mandarin Teacher bennysland.com 
2009-09-13 / 10:00PM

Hi micahw,

1. a tree = yì kē shù

2. a ball = yì kē qiú

3. A “slice” of chicken = yí piàn jī ròu

4. A "bouquet” of flower = yí shù xiān huā

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chinachinaman

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 Kevin yahoo.com 
2009-09-17 / 01:29AM
To : Benny the Mandarin Teacher

It’s so hard to remember all of the different measure words.

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