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

[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!