Editing Chinese classifier (section)

===Verbal classifiers===

There is a set of "[[List of Chinese classifiers#Verbal classifiers|verbal classifiers]]" used specifically for counting the number of times an action occurs, rather than counting a number of items; this set includes {{lang|zh|次}} ''cì'', {{lang|zh|遍}}/{{lang|zh|徧}} ''biàn'', {{lang|zh|回}} ''huí'', and {{lang|zh|下}} ''xià'', which all roughly translate to "times".<ref name=He4244>{{Harvnb|He|2001|pp=42, 44}}</ref> For example:

{{fs interlinear|lang=zh|indent=2|我 去 过 三 {{uline|次}} 北京
|wǒ qù guo sān {{uline|cì}} Běijīng
|I go PAST three {{uline|CL}} Beijing
|"I have been to Beijing three {{uline|times}}"<ref name=Zhang44LiThomp110>{{Harvnb|Zhang|2007|p=44}}; {{Harvnb|Li|Thompson|1981|p=110}}; {{Harvnb|Fang|Connelly|2008|p=x}}</ref>}}

These words can also form compound classifiers with certain nouns, as in {{lang|zh|人次}} ''rén cì'' "person-time", which can be used to count (for example) visitors to a museum in a year (where visits by the same person on different occasions are counted separately).

Another type of verbal classifier indicates the tool or implement used to perform the action. An example is found in the sentence:

{{fs interlinear|lang=zh|indent=2|
|他 踢 了 我 一 {{uline|脚}}
|tā tī le wǒ yī {{uline|jiǎo}}
|he kick PAST me one {{uline|foot}}
|"he kicked me"}}

The word {{lang|zh|脚}} ''jiǎo'', which usually serves as a simple noun meaning "foot", here functions as a verbal classifier reflecting the tool (namely the foot) used to perform the kicking action.