个

gè

variant of 個|个[ge4]

person (人) + upright stroke (丨) = one individual unit

The upright stroke (丨) stands beneath a person (人), like a single figure planted firmly on a line — one discrete unit. 个 is the simplest measure word, the counter for individual things.

人+丨→个
丨Vertical strokeSemantic
人PersonSemantic

桌上有三个苹果。

zhuō shàng yǒu sān gè píng guǒ。

There are three apples on the table.

她每天都要喝两个小时的茶。

tā měi tiān dōu yào hē liǎng gè xiǎo shí de chá。

She spends two hours drinking tea every day.

Words with 个

个人崇拜

gè rén chóng bài

personality cult

挨个

āi gè

one by one

下个月

xià gè yuè

next month

一个劲儿

yī gè jìn r

erhua variant of 一個勁|一个劲[yi1 ge4 jin4]

个头

ge tóu

(coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in 專家個頭|专家个头[zhuan1 jia1 ge5 tou2] "expert", my ass!)

三个代表

sān gè dài biǎo

the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民[Jiang1 Ze2 min2] in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004

个性化

gè xìng huà

to personalize

次一个

cì yī gè

next one (in order)

这些个

zhè xiē ge

these

这个

zhè ge

(pronoun) this

过了这个村就没这个店

guò le zhè ge cūn jiù méi zhè ge diàn

past this village, you won't find this shop (idiom)

那个

nà ge

that one

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