2019个雪人迎2019年 2,019 cute snowmen displayed to greet year 2019 in Harbin

(Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

Aerial photo taken on Jan. 2, 2019 shows people viewing(观看 guānkàn) snowman sculptures on the riverbank of Songhua River(松花江) in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Altogether(总计 zǒngjì) 2,019 cute snowmen were displayed(展示 zhǎnshì) here to greet the year 2019.

(Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

(Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

(Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

重点词汇 Key word:

个 <量词 measure word>

• Used before a noun which does not have a fixed measure word of its own
  E.g. sān gè xīngqí
  三个星期
  three weeks

• Used before an approximate number to make the sentence sound informal
  E.g. Gé gè liǎng、sān tiān nǐ zàilái.
  隔个两、三天你再来。
  Come again in a couple of days.

• Used between a verb and its object
  E.g. Zǒu gè jǐ gōnglǐ duì tā lái shuō bù suàn shénme.
  走个几公里对他来说不算什么。
  It's nothing to him to walk several kilometers.

• Used between a verb and its compliment
  E.g. Tā xiào gè bù tíng.
  她笑个不停。
  She kept laughing.