Definition
棵 (kē) is a measure word used for trees, cabbages, plants, and other growing vegetation. It is the standard classifier for individual plants.
classifier
for treescabbagesplantsand other growing vegetation
Easily confused
- 课kèlook-alikeclass; lesson; subject; course
- 可kěsound-alike(adverb) used for emphasis: really, certainly, very
- 裸luǒlook-alike(verb) to be naked; to be bare
- 克kèsound-alike(classifier) gram (unit of weight)
- 颗kēlook-alike(classifier) for small roundish objects such as pearls, grains, teeth, hearts, stars, satellites
- 科kēsound-alike(noun) subject, discipline, field of study
- 裹guǒlook-aliketo wrap (up); to bundle
- 刻kèsound-alike(classifier) quarter (of an hour); a short moment
- 渴kěsound-alikethirsty
- 磕kēsound-aliketo knock, to tap (against sth hard)
Examples
- 棵。Lù biān zhòng le jǐ kē xiǎo shù.A few small trees were planted by the roadside.
- 棵。Zhè kē cǎo zhǎng de zhēn kuài.This blade of grass grows really fast.
- 棵。Tā mǎi le sān kē báicài huí lái.He bought three heads of cabbage back.
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