个把

個把
gèbǎ
phrase #20,912

Meanings

  1. 1 about one
  2. 2 one or so
  3. 3 one or two (colloquial approximation)

Examples

Zài děng gè bǎ xiǎoshí jiù hǎo le.
Just wait about an hour and it'll be fine.
Tā zài Běijīng dāi le gè bǎ yuè, rán hòu huí lái le.
He stayed in Beijing for about a month or so, then came back.

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grammar
个把 is a colloquial measure of approximate small quantity, typically meaning 'about one' or 'one or two'. It always precedes a measure word or noun: 个把小时 (about an hour), 个把 (about a month), 个把 (one or two people).

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