棵kētree一棵树 (yī kē shù) “a tree” The character’s left side is the symbol for “wood” 株zhūplant, flower still in the ground一株花 (yī zhū huā) “a flower” 朵duǒflower bulb or stem一朵玫瑰 (yī duǒ méiguī) “a stem of rose” ...
It may seem strange to have the same measure word for fish and road. What do they have in common? However, it actually makes sense, in general this measure word is used for long, narrow or skinny objects and animals. You’ll see that this measure word appears in quite a few different...
Chinese measure words can categorize the noun that follows it according to its function, shape, or some other property related to that noun. In some cases, more than one measure word may be used for the same noun, and our choice depends on which characteristic we wish to emphasize. With t...
Yet, in Chinese, you must always use a measure word when saying a noun including the amount of the item as well, that’s to say, you always need to find the right measure word and put it between the number and the noun. For example: 一棵树 (yìkē shù, a tree) 两条鱼 ...
2. When do I need a measure word (category 1) in a sentence? Measure words (category 1) are needed in the following situations. 1.When a quantity is involved, for instance, if you use a number in front of a noun. 2.When you want to specify a noun, in other words if you use这...
Chinese treebankdependency distanceThis article describes a method for calculating the 'dependency distance' between the words in a text – i.e. the number of words that separate each word from the word on which it depends syntactically – and reports the results of applyi...
Owing toits advantages, evidence theory has more flexibility and effectiveness for modeling and processing uncertain information.Uncertainty measure plays an essential role both in evidence theory and probability theory.In probability theory, Shannon entropy provides a novel perspective for measuring ...
An inset information measure (In) (1) has the branching property if there is a function G:D2×D2→ℝ such that (2.1)In(E1…Enp1…pn)=In−1(E1∪E2E3…Enp1+p2p3…pn)+Δ(E1E2p1p2) for all (E,P)∈Dn×Γn(n=3,4,…), (2) is l-symmetric for some l∈ℕ,l⩾3 if...
The measure we use in giving—whether in resources, time, or love—will be the measure returned to us. This principle encourages self-reflection on how we treat others. Heart Attitude in Giving The original Greek word for "measure" (metron) suggests a standard or rule. Our standard of givi...
There’s a cool connection between books and 本 (běn) because its meaning is ‘root’ (root, tree, paper, book, get it?). In the past, I’ve gotten rather irritable over 张 (zhāng), because although it’s a measure word for flat objects, if it’s long and flat (oh er!), ...