LEARN + CHINESE / 159 of 300 HSK 5
A Book, a Flower, a Painting 册
At the bookshop, you pick up one volume; at the flower stall, a bunch of roses; at the gallery, a landscape painting. 册, 朵, and 幅 count different kinds of things. Pair each measure word with the noun it naturally goes with.
这套漫画一共有十册，我已经看完了六册。
Zhè tào mànhuà yígòng yǒu shí cè, wǒ yǐjīng kàn wán le liù cè.
This comic series has ten volumes; I’ve finished six of them.
花瓶里插着三朵百合花。
Huāpíng lǐ chāzhe sān duǒ bǎihéhuā.
Three lilies are sitting in the vase.
墙上挂着一幅我们去年旅行时拍的画。
Qiáng shàng guàzhe yì fú wǒmen qùnián lǚxíng shí pāi de huà.
A picture we took on last year’s trip is hanging on the wall.
今年的书展展出了两幅本地画家的作品。
Jīnnián de shūzhǎn zhǎnchū le liǎng fú běndì huàjiā de zuòpǐn.
This year’s book fair displayed two works by local artists.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
cè | volume; book |
duǒ | measure word for flowers |
fú | measure word for paintings and pictures |
tào | set; series |
mànhuà | comic; manga |
yígòng | altogether |
shí | ten |
kàn wán | to finish reading or watching |
huāpíng | vase |
chāzhe | to be stuck or placed in |
bǎihéhuā | lily |
qiáng shàng | on the wall |
guàzhe | to be hanging |
qùnián | last year |
lǚxíng | to travel; trip |
pāi | to take a photo; to film |
huà | picture; painting |
jīnnián | this year |
shūzhǎn | book fair |
huàjiā | painter; artist |
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