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title: "verb + number + 次/遍 (how many times) in Chinese Grammar: Do something … times (how many times), With Examples"
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# verb + number + 次/遍 (how many times)

Do something … times (how many times)

Number + 次/遍 after the verb counts how many times the action happens; 遍 is once through from start to finish.

## In stories

那天晚上，我们**说了八次**“干杯”。

[杯子在下边 · How to say cheers in Chinese (干杯)](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-cheers-in-chinese#library-word-278-282) HSK 1

她也想**说一次**“不客气”！

[不客气！ · How to say you're welcome in Chinese](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-youre-welcome-in-chinese#library-word-120-123) HSK 1

第二个星期，我**去了三次**。

[一年三千块 · Chinese words for exercise: my New Year gym card](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/chinese-words-for-exercise#library-word-117-121) HSK 2

第一天，她给我打电话，**打了十次**。

[奶奶的新手机 · Grandma’s new phone](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/grandmas-new-phone-easy-chinese-story#library-word-19-23) HSK 2

[Read 杯子在下边](https://mandarinthewild.com/library/read/how-to-say-cheers-in-chinese#library-word-278-282)

## More patterns

- [再 + verb + 一遍/一次 (once more) … once more; one more time](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/zai-yibian)
- [把 + object + verb do something to … (and it ends up changed)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/ba)
- [verb (+ 了) + duration (for how long) for … (how long … lasts)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/duration)
- [verb + 得 + complement says how something is done (how well, how much, with what result)](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-de-c)
- […的时候 when …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/de-shihou)
- [verb1 + 着 + verb2 (doing 2 while/by doing 1) do something while …; do it by …](https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-grammar/v-zhe-v)

## What does verb + number + 次/遍 (how many times) mean in Chinese?

Do something … times (how many times). Number + 次/遍 after the verb counts how many times the action happens; 遍 is once through from start to finish.

## How common is verb + number + 次/遍 (how many times)?

It comes up in 54 readings of the 392 stories and articles in our free Library.

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