Indefinite classifier and measure units in Chinese Do you know how to express an amount or number of something that is not stated or not known in Chinese? Do you know to express one year or one meter in Chinese? If you do not know, you are strongly recommended to watch this article and explore more about the indefinite classifier and measure units. INDEFINITE CLASSIFIER When we want to express indefinite quantities in a sentence. We often use 些 to replace original classifiers. Only the number one 一 can be added before this indefinite classifier. Here are some examples: 一支笔 A pen 一些笔 Some pens 二些笔 (wrong expression) 五本书 Five books 一些书 Some books 五些书 (wrong expression) When there is a determiner like 這(this/these) and 那(these/those) which are used before nouns to refer to particular things or people. The pattern should be “這/那 + Number + Noun”. It should be noted that When there is a determiner before 些 (some), the number 一 before 些 will be omitted. For example, we can say 這一支笔 (this one pen) and 這些笔 (these pens), but we rarely say 這一些筆 (these pens ), here are more examples below: 這一張床 This bed 這五張床 These five beds 這些床 These beds 這一個人 This person 這七個人 These seven people 這些人 These people Measure units Length 米 Meter 一米長 One meter long 厘米 Centimeter 兩厘米寬 Two-centimeter wide 毫米 Millimeter 五毫米高 Five-millimeter high 千米 Kilometer 兩千米高的山 Two thousand meters high mountain Area 平方米 Square meter 三平方米 Three square meters 平方千米 Square kilometer 四平方米 Four square kilometers Volume 立方米 Cubic meter 七十立方米 Seventy cubic meters 立方厘米 Cubic centimeter 八十立方厘米 Eighty centimeters 升 Liter 十升水 Ten liters of water 毫升 Milliliter 六毫升酒 Six milliliter of wine Time 年 Year 十年的時間 Ten years 天 Day 七天 Seven days 小時 Hour 五小時 Five hours 分鐘 Minute 三十分鐘 Thirty minutes 秒 Second 六十秒 Sixty seconds Thank you for your corrections! If you are interested in learning Chinese, please visit my site: https://untanglechinese.com/blog/!