個
gegègě HSK1

[measure word]

个 個 ge frequency
variant 箇
[measure] measure word
Commonly used before nouns that do not have a specific measure word, or as a default measure word.

你为什么不去度个假？

nǐ wèi​shén​me bù qù dù ge jià?

Why don't you go on a vacation?

咱们给他取个名字吧。

zán​men gěi tā qǔ ge míng zì ba.

Let's give him a name.

个 個 gè
variant 箇
individual nounadjective
(bound form) Individual; specific; single; as in the word 个人 gè​rén
个 個 ge
[resultative/emphasis] particle
Used between a verb and its result or extent to add emphasis.

他把我吓了个半死。

tā bǎ wǒ xià le ge bàn sǐ.

He scared me half to death.

这家人把房子翻了个底朝天，终于找到了他。

zhè jiā​rén bǎ fáng​zi fān le ge dǐ cháo tiān, zhōng​yú zhǎo dào le tā.

The family turned the house upside-down and finally found him.

suffix
A suffix added after certain words like 这些 zhè​xiē or time words like 昨儿 zuó​r
个 個 gè
size measure word
(bound form) Referring to the physical size of a person; height; as in the word 个子 gè​zi
this
This; that; used in certain fixed expressions like 个中 gè​zhōng
个 個 gě
self
Used exclusively in the word 自个儿 zì​gěr, meaning oneself.

Cross-References

See

Has erhua variant

Referenced by

Same as

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
12th most common 6199.3 per million
Movie subtitles
14th most common 9669.4 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5184.0 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
4666.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
个
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+500B

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)