则 (zé) — (classifier) for news items, diary entries, stories, and other written records
Definition
As a classifier (measure word), 则 is used for discrete written items — news pieces, diary entries, rules, fables. 篇 counts longer written works like articles and essays; 则 is for shorter, more formal records.
classifier
for news itemsdiary entriesstoriesand other written records
Examples
- 则。Bào zhǐ shàng yǒu liǎng zé guān yú kē jì de xīn wén.There are two news items about technology in the newspaper.
- 则。Lǎo shī ràng wǒ men dú le sān zé yù yán gù shi.The teacher asked us to read three fables.
- 则。Zhè běn zá zhì bāo hán le shí zé duǎn piān xiǎo shuō.This magazine contains ten short stories.
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