Measure word for New Year's Eve dinner
年夜饭 nián yè fàn New Year's Eve dinner HSK 5
一顿年夜饭 yí dùn niányèfàn
顿 dùn · For meals, beatings, scoldings
Also counted with 顿
Type a noun in English, pinyin or Chinese.
What is the measure word for New Year's Eve dinner in Chinese?
New Year's Eve dinner is 年夜饭 (nián yè fàn), and its measure word is 顿: one New Year's Eve dinner is 一顿年夜饭.
What is a measure word?
In Chinese a number can’t go straight before a noun: you say 一本书 (one “volume” of book), not 一书. The word in the middle is the measure word, or classifier. Each noun takes its own, often by its shape: 张 for flat things, 条 for long thin ones, 本 for books.
What if I don’t know the measure word?
个 (gè) works for people and most things, and native speakers use it a lot in speech. The right measure word sounds more natural, and some nouns never take 个.
Why is 一 said yí here?
一 is said yí before a fourth tone (一个 yí ge, 一件 yí jiàn) and yì before the other tones (一本 yì běn, 一张 yì zhāng).
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Measure words from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0), for the official HSK word list. Speakers use others too.