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There is no different forms as English in Chinese, instead, measure words can be used in front of nouns to describe the amount.Common measure words : 个 gè三个国家 sān gè guó jiā ；3 countries六个鸡蛋 liù gè jī dàn ; 6 eggs一个人 yī gè rén ; one person 几个朋友 jǐ gè péng yǒu ; few Friends 本 běn 一本书 yī běn shū ; one book片 piàn 两片面包 liǎng piàn miàn bāo 几片碎纸 jǐ piàn suì zhǐ 把bǎ 一把尺子 yī bǎ chǐ zǐ 本běn四本书 sì běn shū 4 books棵kē一棵树 yī kē shù One Tree杯bēi 两杯咖啡 two cups of coffeesliǎng bēi kā fēi 张zhāng 一张纸 One Paperyī zhāng zhǐ 块kuài 一块蛋糕 One Piece of Cakeyī kuài dàn gāo 只zhī 10只动物 10 zhī dòng wù 10 animals条tiáo 一条狗 yī tiáo gǒu One Dog
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