冠形词

冠形詞

guānxíngcí

noun

Measure Word

一个冠形词 gè

Meanings

1 article (grammatical part of speech, e.g. 'a / an / the')

Characters

crown / cap (placed before)

Examples

英语中a和the都是冠形词。

Yīngyǔ zhōng a hé the dōu shì guānxíngcí.

In English, both 'a' and 'the' are articles.

汉语没有冠形词。

Hànyǔ méiyǒu guānxíngcí.

Chinese has no articles.

Tips

usage

More commonly written 冠词 (guāncí). Both refer to articles in Western grammar — Chinese itself doesn't have them, so the term shows up in English and other foreign-language textbooks.

Stroke Order

冠 guān

形 xíng

词 cí