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Chinese Classifiers confuse me! How many are they? Is there any site listing them and classifying the usage of each one? "条" is supposed to be the classifier of long thin things like road, ribbon, river etc.., yet “一条狗” ,don't think of a dog as long and thin ?!?and many other exceptions! Is there any rule or they have to be memorized? I'll appreciate a precise detailed answer:)Other confusing measure words: *层 céng and 栋 dòng both are used for buildings. Are they interchangeable? How to know which to use? * 颗 kē and 粒 li refer to small objects.How to distinguish between them? Something else ! if I don't know the classifier of a certain noun ,could " 个" substitute any other measure word ? Is it correct?

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let me try to answer: about"层"and"栋"——just like SoloPan says upstairs, "层"to count the floor, if you live in the 15th floor of one building, you can talk to your neighbour in the same floor as "我也住在这层楼“. And "栋" to count the building, so you can talk to person lived in the same building "我也住在这栋楼”. about"颗“and”粒“——they both refer to tiny objects but I think with very little distinguishment just according to regional custom. so they basically identical to each other about"个”——you can just use it whenever you could not be sure which classifier to use, it equals to "a" in English. so it will basically be right although maybe not quite genuine. By the way, 你能看的懂中文吗,用英语解释上面的这些真费劲......
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learning Chinese quantifiers can be dreadful and tricky for foreigners. i do not know a single way that is fast, easy yet clever for you to get along those quantifiers, all i can say is "Learn As You Go", in other words, the more you use/speak it, the better you get used to; i believe this method could also apply in many cases. Generally speaking: For certain types of animals, you can use "只” before the subject as its quantifier, e.g. 狗,猫,猪,羊,老虎,小鸟,螃蟹(crab)...; And, for most fish in the sea, you can use "条“, e.g. 鯊魚(shark),鱷魚(crocodile),鯨魚(whale)... However, "只”and"条“ are interchangeable sometimes, you can call ”一条狗“ or”一只狗“,“一条蛇(snake)” but not“一只蛇”。 For "层“and”栋”, they are interchangeable in some cases, and both can mean "a block". e.g. 你住哪一层(or栋)楼?. However, "层“ has another meaning that it can also mean the number of floors of the building, e.g. A:"你住那一层?" (which floor do you live?) B:"我住第五层” (I live on the fifth floor), A:“这栋楼有多少层呢?"(how many floors are there in this building) B:"这栋楼有50层高." (this is a 50-floor building) For "颗“and”粒“, they are quite interchangeable. I can rarely find cases in which their applications are distinguishable. By the way, there are many Chinese quantifiers out there, and many of them can be interchangeable. I'd suggest you'd better memorize those most frequently used ones first before going for substitutions.
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the chinese characters won't works every words to explaned or indicated the pictures meaning.
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Other confusing measure words: *层 céng and 栋 dòng both are used for buildings. Are they interchangeable? How to know which to use? ------ No. 层 céng means the numbers of floor for one building, and 栋 dòng means the numbers of buildings * 颗 kē and 粒 li refer to small objects.How to distinguish between them? ------ Sometimes they are same. To distinguish them, just using them more and remember them.
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