HSK 2 · VERSION 2.0#43

Measure Words for Verbs

动量词

dòngliàngcí

How it works

Verb measure words show how many times an action happens.

Common ones 次, 下, 遍

我去过北京两次。

Wǒ qùguo Běijīng liǎng cì.

I have been to Beijing twice.

请你再说一下。

Qǐng nǐ zài shuō yí xià.

Please say it one more time.

这本书我看了一遍。

Zhè běn shū wǒ kàn le yí biàn.

I read this book once.

These are different from noun measure words like 个, 本, 杯.