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Appendix Measure Words for Uncountable Nouns
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不可数名词的量词

We cannot count uncountable nouns like water. We don’t say one water, two
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waters, etc. However, we can ‘measure’ uncountable nouns with words like jar,
drop, bottle, etc. The list below helps us ‘count’ uncountable nouns.
我们不能计算如“水”这样的不可数名词，我们不能说一个水、两个水
等。然而，我们可以用“罐、滴、瓶”等词来“计量”不可数名词。下表
显示如何“计算”不可数名词。

Note : These measure words are countable, so, besides ‘a (bag) of', we can also
say two (bags) of, three (bags) of, many (bags) of, and so on.
注 ： 这些量词是可数的，因此，除了“一（袋）的”，我们也可以说
“两（袋）的”、“三（袋）的”、“许多（袋）的”等等。

a bag of flour/rice 一袋面粉/米

a bale of cotton 一大捆棉花

a bar of chocolate/soap 一块巧克力/肥皂

a batch of bread 一批面包

a bottle of milk/water/wine 一瓶牛奶/水/葡萄酒

a bowl of cereal/rice/soup 一碗谷粮/饭/汤

a box of cereal 一盒谷粮

a carton of orange juice/milk 一（硬纸）盒橙汁/牛奶

a cup of hot chocolate/coffee/tea 一杯热巧克力/咖啡/茶

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