Definition
句 (jù) is the classifier used to count sentences, lines of verse, or short phrases (e.g., 一句话 'one sentence'). It is different from the noun 句子 (jù zi), which means 'sentence' itself, and from 章 (zhāng), the classifier for chapters or larger sections.
classifier
for sentenceslines of verseor short phrases
Easily confused
- 勿wùlook-alikedo not (formal, literary, used in signs and written prohibitions)
- 局júsound-alikeclassifier for games: match, set, round
- 旬xúnlook-alike(classifier) ten-day period (one of three divisions of a month)
- 局júsound-alikenarrow, limited, cramped (usually in compounds like 局限, 局促)
- 勾gōulook-alike(verb) to tick; to check off
- 举jǔsound-aliketo raise, to lift
- 据jùsound-alikeaccording to
- 聚jùsound-aliketo gather, to get together; to assemble
- 距jùsound-aliketo be (a given distance) apart (in space or time)
Examples
- 句。Wǒ shuō le yí jù huà.I said a sentence.
- 句。Tā shuō de měi jù huà wǒ dōu jì zhù le.I remembered every sentence he said.
- 句？Zhè jù huà shì shénme yìsi?What does this sentence mean?
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