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每支 (měi zhī) — each (classifier for long thin objects; used before a noun)

Definition

每 is 'every/each' and 支 is the measure word for long thin objects (pens, guns, cigarettes). It always precedes the noun, never stands alone.

pronoun
each (classifier for long thin objects; used before a noun)

Examples

  • 每支。
    měi zhī Bǐ de jià gé bù tóng.
    The price of each pen is different.
  • 每支。
    Tā jiǎn chá le měi zhī qiāng.
    He checked each gun.
  • 每支。
    měi zhī Yān dōu yǒu bù tóng de wèi dào.
    Each cigarette has a different flavor.

Origin

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

每 shows 母, a woman, with a top part resembling 屮. That part may represent a hairpin marking her as grown up, or a sprout marking her as ready to marry and have children.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

支 pairs 又 (hand) with 十, a shortened form of 竹 (bamboo), to picture a bamboo branch.

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