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

HSK 1

汉语没有冠形词。

Hànyǔ méiyǒu guānxíngcí.

Chinese has no articles.

HSK 2

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.

Tips

usage

More commonly written 冠词. 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