量りょう詞し

noun

classifier; measure word

Linguistic term for a word used in Chinese and other languages to count nouns, similar to Japanese counter words.

• 中ちゅう国ごく語ごの「本ほん」は本ほんを数かぞえる量りょう詞しです。

  The Chinese '本' is a classifier for counting books.

• 日本にほん語ごの助じょ数すう詞しは中ちゅう国ごく語ごの量りょう詞しに相そう当とうします。

  Japanese counter words correspond to Chinese classifiers.