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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[xiàng]
  1. 1. noun [颈后部] nape
    she baked him a cake
    nape
  2. 2. noun [款项] sum
    not him again!
    expenditure
    he ought to find him a wife
    income
  3. 3. noun [项目] item
    item
  4. 4. measure word [项目] item
    会议讨论内容共5
    There are altogether five items to be discussed at the meeting.
    3要求
    three requirements

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[xiàng]
  1. 1. noun nape (of the neck); item
  2. 2. noun sum (of money)
    liabilities
    income; receipts
  3. 3. noun [mathematics] term
  4. 4. measure word for itemized things
    工作他做得很好。
    你们要逐检查,不要有一点错误。
    老师给我们布置了两任务。
    这份协议里面的每一条款我们都必须遵守。
    第五条第二款第三
    article 5, clause 2, item 3
    地进行解释
    explain item by item
    原则
    eight principles
    声明
    two statements

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[xiàng]
  1. 1. 脖子的后部;泛指脖子
    背。
    链。
  2. 2.
    分条逐
  3. 3. 特指款
  4. 4. 用于分门列的事物
    第二条第三
    开支。
    任务。
    全能。
  5. 5. 代数里指不用加减号连接的单式。
  6. 6. E参见"领"的提示。

Examples

这是突击任务,人少了不济事。
This is a shock task. It'll be no good to be short of hands. 不济事
那次军事体育比赛中, 他在“军事5”的比赛中取得了良好成绩。
During that military sports competition, he had a very good result in the Military Pentathlon. 军事体育
会议讨论内容共5
There are altogether five items to be discussed at the meeting.
3要求
three requirements
收支款要笔笔落账,不能有半点马虎。 落账
收支款都要及时上账。 上账
to reduce fractions to their lowest terms
把分数约简到最低 reduce
Snowboarding is a really fun sport.
滑板滑雪是很有意思的运动。 fun
five down, two to go
完成了5,还剩两 down

Character Decomposition


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Except in Chinese idioms and some special conditions, numerals are generally not used to modify nouns directly. One needs to put specific measure words between them, e.g. "五个人", "十八条线", "一百多只蚂蚁","一次战役"。

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