第一百八十八天

[nnozomi]

语法
几 + measure word + noun in quantity questions (top of page)
https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Measure_words_in_quantity_questions

词汇
零, zero (pinyin in tags)
Also written 〇 but that's no fun.
https://mandarinbean.com/new-hsk-1-word-list/

Guardian:
龙城的冬天都零下好几度了, winters in Dragon City are freezing
为了你这句话我练了几天几夜, how many days and nights did I practice because of what you said

Me:
在你的花园里有几朵花？
今年是二零二二年。

grayswandir linked the Wikipedia (mostly) comprehensive list of measure words, which is fun to browse through. I'm especially taken by 颗 for small objects (一颗珠子, a pearl) and objects appearing small (一颗星星, a star). How do you count stars up close?

Comments

[trobadora]

you get 恆星 for stars as opposed to 行星 for planets because only the latter move

So cool! We have almost the same terms in German ("Fixstern" vs. "Wandelstern"), though Wandelstern is pretty antiquated now. English has "fixed star" at least. And "planet" comes from the Greek for "wandering star".

[nnozomi]

We have almost the same terms in German ("Fixstern" vs. "Wandelstern"), though Wandelstern is pretty antiquated now.
Oh, neat! "Wandelstern" sounds lovely.

[grayswandir]

I've seen planets referred to as "wandering stars," "errant stars," and "erring stars" in English, though admittedly only in texts like 400+ years old. (Including a play by Marlowe, for whom I happen to have a rather fitting icon!)

[trobadora]

Oh, good point! Now that you mention it, yeah, I've come across that as well. "Errant stars" is really nice!