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What does 语法 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

语法 yǔfǎ

grammar

It can also mean

  • (computing) syntax

Its characters

  1. 语 yǔ language
  2. 法 fǎ law

In a sentence

语法非常复杂。 Grammar is very complicated.

是逐渐兴起的,大约到了九百多年前的宋朝,在数字和名词之间加量词,才成了必须遵守的语法规则。

From 中文为什么要用量词? · Why does Chinese have measure words?

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