个
gè
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 個
The most general measure word, used for people and for any noun that has no measure word of its own. It goes between a number (or 这, 那, 哪) and the noun: 一个人 'one person', 三个苹果 'three apples'. Some nouns need their own (一本书), but very many take this one. Said gè, it has a neutral tone in 这个 and 那个.
Lượng từ chung nhất, dùng cho người và cho mọi danh từ không có lượng từ riêng, gần như “cái”, “con”, “người” trong tiếng Việt. Đứng giữa số đếm (hoặc 这, 那, 哪) và danh từ: 一个人 (một người), 三个苹果 (ba quả táo). Đọc thanh 4 (gè), nhưng đọc nhẹ trong 这个, 那个.
ClassifierRegister: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 064 (2026-11-14). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · No Vietnamese entry is linked as its twin; the Hán-Việt reading is given character by character. Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Common questions
What does “个” mean?
The most general measure word, used for people and for any noun that has no measure word of its own. It goes between a number (or 这, 那, 哪) and the noun: 一个人 'one person', 三个苹果 'three apples'. Some nouns need their own (一本书), but very many take this one. Said gè, it has a neutral tone in 这个 and 那个.
Is “个” formal or informal?
个 is generally neutral.